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Family: Littorinidae periwinkles (See list of species below)

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28 species in Pacific, Northwest with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Echininus cummingi []	No picture found Echinolittorina cinerea [Marine snail]	No picture found Echinolittorina malaccana []
No picture found Echinolittorina millegrana [Granular prickly-winkle]	No picture found Echinolittorina pascua []	No picture found Echinolittorina radiata []
No picture found Echinolittorina reticulata []	No picture found Echinolittorina vidua []	No picture found Haloconcha minor [Lesser lacuna]
No picture found Haloconcha reflexa [Reflexed lacuna]	No picture found Lacuna vincta [Northern lacuna]	No picture found Littoraria ardouiniana []
No picture found Littoraria articulata []	No picture found Littoraria coccinea [Scarlet periwinkle]	No picture found Littoraria flammea []
No picture found Littoraria intermedia []	No picture found Littoraria melanostoma []	No picture found Littoraria pallescens []
Littoraria pintado [Dotted periwinkle]	No picture found Littoraria undulata [Undulate periwinkle]	No picture found Littorina brevicula []
Littorina scabra [Scabra periwinkle]	No picture found Littorina sitkana [Sitka periwinkle]	No picture found Littorina squalida []
Nodilittorina pyramidalis [Pyramidal prickly-winkle]	No picture found Peasiella conoidalis []	No picture found Peasiella roepstorffiana []
Tectarius coronatus [Coronate prickly-winkle]

28 Species of Family Littorinidae
(periwinkles)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Echininus cummingi		Northwest Pacific
Echinolittorina cinerea	Marine snail	Pacific Ocean.
Echinolittorina malaccana		Indo-West Pacific.	1.66 SHH
Echinolittorina millegrana	Granular prickly-winkle	Indo-Pacific.
Echinolittorina pascua		Indo-Pacific.	1.785 SHH
Echinolittorina radiata		Western Pacific
Echinolittorina reticulata		Indo-West Pacific
Echinolittorina vidua		Southeast Asia.
Haloconcha minor	Lesser lacuna	Northern Pacific
Haloconcha reflexa	Reflexed lacuna	Northern Pacific
Lacuna vincta	Northern lacuna	Northern Atlantic, Northe	1.3 DL
Littoraria ardouiniana		Northwest Pacific
Littoraria articulata		Northwest Pacific
Littoraria coccinea	Scarlet periwinkle	Pacific Ocean.
Littoraria flammea		Northwest Pacific
Littoraria intermedia		Indo-Pacific.
Littoraria melanostoma		Northwest Pacific
Littoraria pallescens		Indo-Pacific.
Littoraria pintado	Dotted periwinkle	Pacific
Littoraria undulata	Undulate periwinkle	Indo-Pacific.	2 SHL
Littorina brevicula		Northwest Pacific
Littorina scabra	Scabra periwinkle	Indo-Pacific.	4.4 SHL
Littorina sitkana	Sitka periwinkle	Pacific Ocean	2.2 NG
Littorina squalida		Arctic and Northwest Paci
Nodilittorina pyramidalis	Pyramidal prickly-winkle	Indo-Pacific	2.5 SHL
Peasiella conoidalis		Pacific Ocean.
Peasiella roepstorffiana		Western Central Pacific
Tectarius coronatus	Coronate prickly-winkle	Western Pacific	4 SHH

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