Biology: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
	Echinolittorina galapagiensis (Stearns, 1892); Littorina atyphus Stearns, 1892; Littorina galapagiensis Stearns, 1892; Littorina lemniscata Philippi, 1846; Nodilittorina galapagiensis (Stearns, 1892);

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 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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