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Throughout the quarter our class visited different sites in the Pacific Northwest and kept a list of species we identified. Below is a list of snail species I spotted and some you may want to look for if you are at any of these sites.

Fox Island

• Nucella lamellosa-frilled dogwinkle
• Nucella emarginata- striped dogwinkle
• Littorina scutulata- checkered periwinkle
• Calliostoma ligatum- blue topsnail
• Ceratostoma foliatum- leafy hornmouth

Willapa Bay

• Ceratostoma inornatum- Japanese oyster drill

Friday Harbor

Dredging- rocky bottom

• Fusitriton oregonensis- Oregon triton
• Margarites pupillus- puppet margarite
• Trichotropis cancellata- checkered hairy snail

Argyle Creek

• Littorina scutulata- checkered periwinkle
• Nucella lamellosa- frilled dogwinkle

Cattle Point

• Littorina scutulata- checkered periwinkle
• Littorina sitkana- sitka periwinkle
• Nucella lamellosa- frilled dogwinkle

Olympic Peninsula

Silkal Point

• Littorina sitkana- sitka periwinkle
• Tegula funebralis- black turban
• Littorina scutulata- checkered periwinkle
• Nucella emarginata- striped dogwinkle

Salt Creek

• Lirabuccinum dirum- dire whelk
• Calliostoma ligatum- blue topsnail
• Nucella emarginata- striped dogwinkle
• Littorina sitkana- sitka periwinkle

This web page is part of the UWT Marine Ecology class of 2008 and was created by Amanda Ruby

Top photo credit: H. Beimler