littorinidn.
/lɪˈtɒrɪnɪd/ A marine snail of the family Littorinidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [noun] > superorder Branchifera > order Prosobranchiata > section Holostomata > family Littorinidae > member of
littorinid1948
1948 Austral. Jrnl. Sci. Res. B. 1 191 The Supralittoral is the region above high-water spring tide levels which has been invaded by only a few typically marine animals, chiefly gastropods. The species are Littorinids, and one might call this the Littorinid zone.
1952 Jrnl. Ecol. 40 87 We agree..in defining the upper limit of the littoral..as the region where littorinids become dominant.
1964 V. J. Chapman Coastal Vegetation ii. 37 The littorinids do not penetrate them [sc. lichen zones] under normal conditions.
1974 Nature 3 May 11/3 Littorinids are present on the rock shores of all continents.
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