Granular Prickly-Winkle
Echinolittorina millegrana
- Group: Other
- Typical depth: 1–7 m
- For divers: safe
A small periwinkle of intertidal reefs, it grips the rock high in the shore zone and tucks into cracks to wait out low tide. Like others in its family it grazes algae from the stone with a tough rasping radula.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Littorinimorpha › Littorinidae › Echinolittorina
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 437373.
FAQ
- How deep does the Granular Prickly-Winkle live?
- The Granular Prickly-Winkle (Echinolittorina millegrana) is typically found at 1–7 m.
- Is the Granular Prickly-Winkle dangerous to divers?
- The Granular Prickly-Winkle is harmless to divers.