Afrolittorina knysnaensis
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| Afrolittorina knysnaensis | |
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| A shell of Afrolittorina knisnaensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Afrolittorina |
| Species: | A. knysnaensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Afrolittorina knysnaensis (Philippi, 1847) | |
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Afrolittorina knysnaensis, common name the southern periwinkle, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]