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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Identifying species can be an extremely difficult job for biologists-- especially when the animal in question has too few distinguishing features, or too many. Perhaps no species demonstrates this better than Littorina saxatilis, aka the rough periwinkle snail. Due to the extreme variations in shell shape, size, and color, this species has been misidentified by taxonomists 112 times! Even today, scientists are still in dispute over whether genetically distinct populations should be considered separate species.

(Image: Six rough periwinkle snails (Littorina saxatilis) by Sue Scott)

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Bonus: check out the list of L. saxatilis' former names below the cut!

#rough periwinkle snail #Littorinimorpha #Littorinidae #periwinkle snails #sea snails #snails #gastropods #mollusks #invertebrates #uncharismatic facts

Caenogastropoda: Epitonium tenellum

Caenogastropoda: Bembicium auratum

Caenogastropoda: Conuber sp.

Shells collected off of a small beach.

09/09/23

QLD:BRB - Clairview, beach

Chesscargot: High drama at low tide - this one goes with my other coastal animal/random object glitch critters. I also did a few quick chess references in comic format. I'm not a good chess player, but I know (most of) the rules and find them delightfully quirky. Any chess master's out there who thinks of other chess oddities that would make for a good snailistration, please let me know!

1. The big slow-mo throw down - beige snails attempting a capture of the coveted high rock with the sky ablaze.

2. Knights are sneaky, slimy bastards (for non-chess players, they're the only piece that can jump). I gave the snails a nonsensical language for fun.

3. This is a weird rule that if a pawn makes it to the other side of the board they get promoted (usually to a queen).

4. I like to imagine that rooks (castles) get frustrated at the beginning of the game because they're stuck behind a line of lazy pawns.

5. When a pawn meets another pawn head-on and is stuck in place for the rest of the game (I figure they just go to sleep). I think pawns are my new favorite piece; they have a lot of personality.

6. Castling - those cowardly kings. This is one of those chess rules that seems like someone just thought of it on the fly "Yeah, uh... there's this other rule I forgot to tell you..."

#chesscargot #snails #periwinkle #chess #digital art #digital painting #periwinkle snails #chess pieces #chess snails #concept art #original character #Character Design #creature design #coastal critters #chimera #coastal chimeras #Speculative Evolution #pawns #king of the hill

Photos 1-2 - Littorinidae sp.

Photos 3-4 - Littorinidae sp.

Photos 5-6 - Gastropoda sp.

Photos 7-8 - Gastropoda sp.

Photos 9-10 - Littorinidae sp.

Photos 11-12 - Littorinidae sp.

Collection of snails found in a small tidepool, only a few centimeters deep, but still sufficient for snails.

14/10/23 - Gastropoda spp.

QLD:WET - Garner's Beach

#invertblr #invertebrates #Littorinidae #Periwinkle Snails #Molluscs #Mollusca #mollusks #Gastropoda #Gastropods #Caenogastropoda #snails #snailblr #unidentified #tidepooling

Small Periwinkle

usually found on the nearby mangroves, these snails feed on the leaves and the various algae and fungi that grow on these trees.

Unidentified, Littoraria

15/06/22

#Littoraria #Littorininae #Littorinidae #Periwinkle Snails #Littorinoidea #Littorinimorpha #Caenogastropoda #Gastropoda #gastropods #mollusks #Mollusca #molluscs #snails #snailblr #outside entomology