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Rough Periwinkle

Littoraria scabra

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) bikinitrip, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 4, February 3, March 4, April 2, May 2, June 2, July 3, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 3, December 4.
United States44
Hawaii32
Australia17
Queensland14
China12
Taiwan Province11
Taiwan11
Tainan5
Tanzania4
Zanzibar South & Central4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyPeriwinkle Snails · Littorinidae
GenusLittoraria

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rough Periwinkle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.