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Bembicium
Sign in to saveBembicium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Species
Genus
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyLittorinidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 718
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Littorinidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMV, UCMP, TMAG
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Bembicium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
==Description== (Described as Risella) The depressed shell is trochiform, with flattened whorls and a keeled periphery. The shell is not umbilicated. The aperture is rhomboidal, marked with brown inside the margin. The operculum is paucispiral.
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