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Littorina littorea
Periwinkle Per"i*win`kle, n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. ?. Cf. Winkle.] (Zo["o]l.) Any small marine gastropod shell of the genus Littorina. The common European species (Littorina littorea), in Europe extensively used as food, has recently become naturalized abundantly on the American coast. See Littorina. Note: In America the name is often applied to several large univalves, as Fulgur carica, and F. canaliculata.

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- The common periwinkle or winkle (Littorina littorea) is a species of small edible whelk or sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc that has gills and an...
- Lumnitzera littorea is a species of mangrove. It is native to tropical coastal and estuarine areas of the eastern Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean...
- Silene littorea is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. The species is an annual plant. The species has the gynodioecy–gynomonoecy...
- Anthocercis littorea, also known as yellow tailflower, is a species of shrub in the family Solanaceae. It is native to Western Australia where it grows...
- genus Catharanthus (and also with the common seas**** mollusc, Littorina littorea). Vinca plants are subshrubs or herbaceous, and have slender trailing stems...
- Genus: Orchestia Species: O. gammarellus Binomial name Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas, 1766) Synonyms Orchestia gammarella Pallas, 1766 Orchestia littorea...
- Anisolabis littorea (Māori: mata), commonly known as the seas**** earwig, is a species of earwig in the family Anisolabididae. This species is said to...
- Scotland, the word "whelk" is also used to mean the periwinkle (Littorina littorea), family Littorinidae. In the English-speaking islands of the West Indies...
- the North Atlantic Buccinum undatum) and periwinkles including Littorina littorea. The s**** of sea snails are often found washed up on beaches. Because...
- act as chemical defenses against the marine herbivorous snail Littorina littorea, while galactolipids act as herbivore deterrents against the sea urchin...