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Melarhaphe neritoides (small periwinkle)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Melarhaphe neritoides, common name : the small periwinkle, is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. This species was previously known as Littorina neritoides. Melarhaphe is a monotypic genus, in other words, this is the only species in that genus.
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Predators

Anthus petrosus (Eurasian Rock Pipit)[1]
Lipophrys pholis (Shanny)[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 2Diet preference reflects the ontogenetic shift in microhabitat use in Lipophrys pholis, N. M. MONTEIRO, S. M. QUINTEIRA, K. SILVA , M. N. VIEIRA AND V. C. ALMADA, Journal of Fish Biology (2005) 67, 102—113
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0