Littoraria filosa

2 Thin Periwinkle at East Point, NT

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Identification history

Littoraria filosa	27 May 2025	trevorpreston
Littoraria filosa	26 May 2025	HelenCross
Unverified	24 May 2025	HelenCross

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Significant sighting

trevorpreston noted:

12 Jun 2025

This is the first sighting of this native mangrove snail on NatureMapr.

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trevorpreston wrote:

25 May 2025

@Michael123 could you identify this one please?

Michael123 wrote:

26 May 2025

Littoraria filosa (Sowerby, 1832) Family Littorinidae. Marine mangrove periwinkle. Ranges from Exmouth Gulf WA to Botany Bay NSW. Found on leaves, branches and trunks of mangroves. Also found in Indonesia and southern PNG.

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Location information

Coordinates 130.832218 -12.409117
Places East Point, NT

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
19 May 2025 05:07 PM Recorded on
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Species information

Littoraria filosa Scientific name
Thin Periwinkle Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania