Echinolittorina lemniscata

Echinolittorina lemniscata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Littorinoidea
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Echinolittorina
Species: E. lemniscata
Binomial name
Echinolittorina lemniscata
(Philippi, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinolittorina galapagiensis (Stearns, 1892)
  • Littorina atyphus Stearns, 1892
  • Littorina galapagiensis Stearns, 1892
  • Littorina lemniscata Philippi, 1846
  • Nodilittorina galapagiensis (Stearns, 1892)

Echinolittorina lemniscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 6 mm and 10 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands

References

  1. 1 2 Echinolittorina lemniscata (Philippi, 1846) . Reid, David G. (2010). Echinolittorina lemniscata (Philippi, 1846) . In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=549582 on 16 February 2011.

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