Ignition Littorinimorpha

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We have been able to observe marine organism in the clade Littorinimorpha in the three tides zones high, mid, and low each have their own ecological niche for marine organisms. But there is some marine life that are able to live in patchiness within zones and thrive in more than one. The high intertidal zones are home to marine life that are more tolerant to air, like barnacles (Ricketts et al. 1968). The mid zone includes higher low water and lower low water, which can be indicated by limpets (Ricketts et al. 1968). Last the low zone includes those that are normally uncovered during minus tides (Ricketts et al. 1968). Furthermore, zero tidal height can be indicated by surf grass. The coastal tidal zones we were able to observe was low low water and the start of low high water. …show more content…
Which involves a large quantity of sea snails, land snails, and some freshwater snails. The snails within the clade Littorinimorpha include both herbivores and carnivores. Snails use a siphon within their shell to bring water in and out of there shell to determine what is nearby them and if it is safe (Seashells, 2017). The most prevalent littorinimorpha marine organisms we were able to observe throughout our class trips were:

1. Chestnut Cowrie (Zonaria spadicea)

The Chestnut Cowrie has a very smooth shell that is polished with a nice brownish black tint color. Furthermore, it was found in the mid and low tide zones where it feeds on other marine animals like sea anemones and snail eggs (Sept, 2002). This has by far been my favorite Littorinimorpha species because of its unique shell. http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/files/2013/05/clingfish-130501.jpg 2. Scaly tube snail (Serpulorbis

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