Echinolittorina tuberculata

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

Echinolittorina tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Genus:
Echinolittorina
Species:
E. tuberculata
Binomial name
Echinolittorina tuberculata
(Menke, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Litorina tuberculata Menke, 1828

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 18 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is -1 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References
  1. Echinolittorina tuberculata (Menke, 1828). Reid, David G. (2009). Echinolittorina tuberculata (Menke, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419563 on 6 June 2010 .
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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