Zebra periwinkle

Zebra periwinkle

September 29, 2022

Life Along the Seashore of Trinidad and Tobago

Science name: Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin)

Zebra periwinkle live high above the high tide mark foraging for algae on the rock surface in which they excavate holes, Store Bay, Tobago.

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