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Updated 3/13/2014

Family Littorinidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Littoraria scabra



He'eia, Oahu

Lilipuna Pier, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu

 

MANGROVE PERIWINKLE

Common on seawalls and mangrove roots in bays and harbors.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known in Hawaii as Littorina scabra.