Photo 1243999, (c) Lloyd Esler, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Lloyd Esler

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What

Brown Periwinkle (Austrolittorina cincta)

Observer

lloyd_esler

Date

February 6, 2014

Description

Brown periwinkle. Large numbers living about 12 metres vertically above high tide on rocks that might get splashed once a month on a clifftop on the south coast. This is the furthest from the sea I have seen a marine mollusc. Note the petrified log.

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