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Family: Littorinidae periwinkles



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163 species (see list below)
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Afrolittorina acutispira
[]
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Afrolittorina africana
[African periwinkle]
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Afrolittorina knysnaensis
[]
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Afrolittorina praetermissa
[]
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Algamorda newcombiana
[Newcomb's littorine snail]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm DL
 
Aquilonaria turneri
[]
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Austrolittorina antipodum
[Banded periwinkle]
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Austrolittorina araucana
[]
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Austrolittorina fernandezensis
[]
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Austrolittorina unifasciata
[]
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Bembicium nanum
[]
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Max. Length 3 cm NG
 
Cenchritis muricatus
[Beaded periwinkle]
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Echininus cummingi
[]
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Echininus nodulosus
[False prickly winkle]
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Echinolittorina albicarinata
[]
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Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Echinolittorina angustior
[Slender periwinkle]
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Echinolittorina arabica
[]
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Echinolittorina aspera
[]
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Echinolittorina atrata
[]
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Echinolittorina australis
[]
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Echinolittorina cinerea
[Marine snail]
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Echinolittorina feejeensis
[]
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Echinolittorina fuscolineata
[]
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Echinolittorina granosa
[]
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Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
[]
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Echinolittorina helenae
[]
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Max. Length 2.4 cm NG
 
Echinolittorina interrupta
[Interrupted periwinkle]
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Echinolittorina lemniscata
[]
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Echinolittorina leucosticta
[Biangular prickly-winkle]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Echinolittorina lineolata
[Lineolate periwinkle]
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Max. Length 1.7 cm SHH
 
Echinolittorina malaccana
[]
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Echinolittorina marquesensis
[]
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Echinolittorina melanacme
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Echinolittorina meleagris
[White-spot periwinkle]
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Echinolittorina miliaris
[]
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Echinolittorina millegrana
[Granular prickly-winkle]
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Echinolittorina modesta
[]
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Echinolittorina natalensis
[]
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Echinolittorina novaezelandiae
[]
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Echinolittorina parcipicta
[]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm SHH
 
Echinolittorina pascua
[]
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Echinolittorina paytensis
[]
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Echinolittorina penicillata
[]
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Echinolittorina peruviana
[]
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Echinolittorina philippinensis
[]
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Max. Length 2.0 cm DL
 
Echinolittorina placida
[]
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Echinolittorina porcata
[]
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Echinolittorina pulchella
[]
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Echinolittorina punctata
[]
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Echinolittorina radiata
[]
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Echinolittorina reticulata
[]
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Echinolittorina santelenae
[]
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Echinolittorina subnodosa
[]
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Echinolittorina sundaica
[]
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Echinolittorina tenuistriata
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic.
Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
Echinolittorina tuberculata(Menke, 1828)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Echinolittorina tuberculata
[Common prickly winkle]
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Echinolittorina vermeiji
[]
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Echinolittorina vidua
[]
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Echinolittorina wallaceana
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Echinolittorina ziczac
[Zebra periwinkle]
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Haloconcha minor
[Lesser lacuna]
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Haloconcha reflexa
[Reflexed lacuna]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Lacuna abyssicola
[]
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Lacuna carinata
[Carinate lacuna]
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Lacuna cleicecabrale
[]
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Max. Length 0.9 cm DL
 
Lacuna cossmanni
[]
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Max. Length 1.2 cm DL
 
Lacuna crassior
[Thick lacuna]
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Lacuna marmorata
[Chink snail]
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Lacuna neritoidea
[]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Lacuna pallidula
[Pale lacuna]
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Lacuna parva
[Tiny lacuna]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Lacuna picta
[]
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Lacuna porrecta
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Lacuna pumilio
[]
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Lacuna succinea
[Amber lacuna]
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Lacuna unifasciata
[One-band lacuna]
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Lacuna vaginata
[Delightful lacuna]
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Max. Length 1.6 cm SHH
 
Lacuna variegata
[Variegate lacuna]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
 
Lacuna vincta
[Northern lacuna]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Laevilacunaria antarctica
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Laevilacunaria bennetti
[]
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Laevilacunaria bransfieldensis
[]
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Laevilitorina bennetti
[]
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Max. Length 0.8 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina caliginosa
[]
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina coriacea
[]
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Max. Length 0.4 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina elongata
[]
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Max. Length 0.2 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina granum
[]
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Laevilitorina latior
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina pygmaea
[]
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina umbilicata
[]
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Max. Length 0.6 cm DL
 
Laevilitorina venusta
[]
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Laevilitorina wandelensis
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Pacific a
Max. Length 4.1 cm ShL
Littoraria angulifera(Lamarck, 1822)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Littoraria angulifera
[Mangrove periwinkle]
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Littoraria ardouiniana
[]
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Littoraria articulata
[]
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Littoraria carinifera
[Carinate periwinkle]
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Littoraria cingulata
[]
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Littoraria coccinea
[Scarlet periwinkle]
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Littoraria flammea
[]
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Littoraria intermedia
[]
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Max. Length 2.9 cm DL
 
Littoraria irrorata
[Marsh periwinkle]
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Littoraria melanostoma
[]
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Max. Length 2.8 cm DL
 
Littoraria nebulosa
[Cloudy periwinkle]
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Littoraria pallescens
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Pacific

Littoraria pintado(Wood, 1828)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Littoraria pintado
[Dotted periwinkle]
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Littoraria strigata
[]
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Littoraria subvittata
[Estuarine periwinkle]
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Max. Length 2.3 cm DL
 
Littoraria tessellata
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm SHL
 
Littoraria undulata
[Undulate periwinkle]
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Littorina aleutica
[]
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Max. Length 17 cm DL
 
Littorina angustior
[Narrow periwinkle]
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Littorina arcana
[]
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Littorina brevicula
[]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm SHH
 
Littorina coccinea
[]
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Littorina compressa
[Black-lined periwinkle]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Littorina fabalis
[Flat periwinkle]
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Littorina fasciata
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm DL
 
Littorina flava
[]
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Max. Length 29.2 cm DL
 
Littorina irrorata
[]
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Littorina keenae
[Eroded periwinkle]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic
Max. Length 4.2 cm DL
Littorina littorea(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Littorina littorea
[Common periwinkle]
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Littorina mariae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Littorina meleagris(Potiez & Michaud, 1838)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Littorina meleagris
[White-spotted periwinkle]
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Littorina mespillum
[]
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Max. Length 28 cm DL
 
Littorina nebulosa
[]
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Littorina neglecta
[]
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Littorina nigrolineata
[Black lined periwinkle]

Scott, Sue

Northern Atlantic, Arctic
Max. Length 1.3 cm DL
Littorina obtusata(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Scott, Sue
 
Littorina obtusata
[Yellow periwinkle]
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Littorina planaxis
[]
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Littorina plena
[]
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Littorina pullata
[]

FAO

Northeast Atlantic, Arcti
Max. Length 1.9 cm DL
Littorina saxatilis(Olivi, 1792)

Photo by FAO
 
Littorina saxatilis
[Rough periwinkle]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-Pacific.
Max. Length 4.4 cm SHL
Littorina scabra(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Littorina scabra
[Scabra periwinkle]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm SHH
 
Littorina scutulata
[Checkered periwinkle]
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Max. Length 2.2 cm NG
 
Littorina sitkana
[Sitka periwinkle]
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Littorina squalida
[]
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Littorina striata
[]
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Littorina subrotundata
[]
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Littorina zebra
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Littorina ziczac(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Littorina ziczac
[]
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Mainwaringia leithii
[]
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Melarhaphe neritoides
[Small periwinkle]
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Nodilittorina dilatata
[Pricklywinkle]
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Max. Length 1 cm DL
 
Nodilittorina mespillum
[Brown periwinkle]

FAO

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2.5 cm SHL
Nodilittorina pyramidalis(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Photo by FAO
 
Nodilittorina pyramidalis
[Pyramidal prickly-winkle]
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Nodilittorina riisei
[]
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Peasiella conoidalis
[]
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Peasiella infracostata
[]
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Peasiella isseli
[]
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Peasiella roepstorffiana
[]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm DL
 
Pellilitorina pellita
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.7 cm DL
 
Pellilitorina setosa
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm DL
 
Tectarius antonii
[False pricklywinkle]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Pacific
Max. Length 4 cm SHH
Tectarius coronatusValenciennes, 1833

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tectarius coronatus
[Coronate prickly-winkle]
No picture found
 
Tectarius cumingii
[]

FAO

Pacific Ocean
Max. Length 4 cm ShH
Tectarius grandinatus(Gmelin, 1791)

Photo by FAO
 
Tectarius grandinatus
[Hailstorm prickly-winkle]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Central Atlantic

Tectarius muricatus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Tectarius muricatus
[]
No picture found
 
Tectarius padmiae
[]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 6.5 cm SHL
Tectarius pagodus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by FAO
 
Tectarius pagodus
[Pagoda prickly-winkle]
No picture found
 
Tectarius spinulosus
[]
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Tectarius tuberculatus
[]
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Max. Length 2 cm ShH
 
Tectarius viviparus
[]
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Tectininus nodulosus
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