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Edible periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

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Edible periwinkle egg capsules

© gettyimages.com
Edible periwinkle

© Trevor McDonald / www.photoshot.com
Edible periwinkle

© London Scientific Films / gettyimages.com
Edible periwinkle on the beach

© Jean-Luc & Françoise Ziegler / Biosphoto
Edible periwinkle with worn shell on rocks encrusted barnacles

© Nick Upton / naturepl.com
Edible periwinkles crawling over a boulder in a rockpool

© Nick Upton / naturepl.com
Edible periwinkle crawling over rockpool floor

© Nick Upton / naturepl.com
Edible periwinkle on a rock at low tide

© Jean-Yves Grospas / Biosphoto
Edible periwinkle

© N. A. Callow
Edible periwinkle grazing

© Sue Scott
Edible periwinkles grazing on algae at low tide

© Duncan Usher / www.ardea.com
Edible periwinkles in rockpool

© Nick Upton / naturepl.com
Edible periwinkle aggregation

© Nick Upton / naturepl.com
Edible periwinkles on rock

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Edible periwinkle

© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
Edible periwinkle on rock

© Jean-Louis Le Moigne / Biosphoto
Edible periwinkles

© Paul Kay / gettyimages.com
Edible periwinkles in rock pool

© Barrie Watts / gettyimages.com

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