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Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Chesapeake Bay By Deane Winegar

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Marsh Periwinkle

Climbing the stalks of saltmarsh cordgrass and clinging to rocks at Point Lookout is the common and abundant snail of wetlands, the marsh periwinkle (Littorina irrorata). About 1 inch long, the algae-eating periwinkle lays eggs that hatch into larvae, which then develop into small snails during summer.

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