African Periwinkle
Afrolittorina africana
- Water temperature14–27 °C
- Best monthsJuly and October
- How commonRare
About this species
Afrolittorina africana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Afrolittorina africana”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 12 records
- May: 4 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 38 records
- August: 17 records
- September: 8 records
- October: 23 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 14–27 °C
Names and classification
- English
- African Periwinkle
Other scientific names: Litorina africana, Litorina decollata, Littorina (Austrolittorina) africana, Littorina africana, Littorina decollata, Littorina perplexa, Nodilittorina africana
Similar species
- New Zealand Blue-banded Periwinkle
Austrolittorina antipodum
- Blue Periwinkle
Austrolittorina unifasciata
- Robust shell
Littoraria undulata
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 208 open-data records from 1955 to 2023.
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