Thin Periwinkle at Burnett Heads, QLD
Identification history
| Littoraria filosa | 18 Dec 2024 | Michael123 | ||
| Littoraria filosa | 18 Dec 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Littoraria filosa | 4 Sep 2024 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unverified | 3 Sep 2024 | Petesteamer |
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User's notes
Several of these snails were observed, all on salt tolerant plants very close to and beside a mangrove swamp. Not seen further back in the sandy back beach areas.
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Michael123
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4 Sep 2024
Littoraria filosa Family Littorinidae. A marine periwinkle that lives in mangroves and adjacent littoral vegetation. Usually found on leaves and trunks of mangroves and adjacent littoral vegetation. Common and widespread in Queensland
Location information
- Coordinates 152.402860-24.758824
- Places Burnett Heads, QLD
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 4 Jul 2024 12:46 PM Recorded on
- Petesteamer Recorded by
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Collections
Snails & Slugs (Gastropoda) Molluscs (Mollusca) Other Invertebrates Petesteamer Wide Bay NatureMapr Littoraria filosa
Species information
- Littoraria filosa Scientific name
- Thin Periwinkle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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