Echinolittorina placida
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| Species: | E. placida
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| Echinolittorina placida Reid, 2009[1]
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Echinolittorina placida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles. This species was not described until 2009 because it had previously been confused with, and not differentiated from, a similar-looking species, Echinolittorina interrupta.
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.
Habitat[edit]
Rocks or other hard substrates of the splash zone (supralittoral)
where they spend most of their time out of the water.
A herbivorous species that feeds on microscopic marine algae, growing on rocks.
References[edit]
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