Biology:Echinolittorina jamaicensis

Echinolittorina jamaicensis
	Echinolittorina jamaicensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Echinolittorina
Species:	E. jamaicensis
Binomial name
	Echinolittorina jamaicensis; (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
	Austrolittorina mordax Bandel, K. & D. Kadolsky, 1988; Litorina angustior Weinkauff, H.C., 1883; Litorina carinata Weinkauff, H.C., 1878; Littorina (Melarhaphe) floccosa var. a Mörch, O.A.L., 1876; Littorina glaucocincta Mörch, 1876; Littorina jamaicensis C.B. Adams, 1850; Littorina riisei Mörch, 1876; Nodilittorina (Nodilittorina) glaucocincta "Beck, H.H. MS" Mörch, O.A.L., 1982; Nodilittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850); Nodilittorina mordax Bandel & Kadolsky, 1982; Nodilittorina riisei (Mörch, 1876);

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the Caribbean region.

The maximum recorded shell length is 19.1 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Echinolittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850). WoRMS (2010). Echinolittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449199 on 16 February 2011 .
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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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Echinolittorina jamaicensis

Echinolittorina jamaicensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Echinolittorina
Species:	E. jamaicensis
Binomial name
*Echinolittorina jamaicensis* (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms^[1]
Austrolittorina mordax Bandel, K. & D. Kadolsky, 1988 Litorina angustior Weinkauff, H.C., 1883 Litorina carinata Weinkauff, H.C., 1878 Littorina (Melarhaphe) floccosa var. a Mörch, O.A.L., 1876 Littorina glaucocincta Mörch, 1876 Littorina jamaicensis C.B. Adams, 1850 Littorina riisei Mörch, 1876 Nodilittorina (Nodilittorina) glaucocincta "Beck, H.H. MS" Mörch, O.A.L., 1982 Nodilittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850) Nodilittorina mordax Bandel & Kadolsky, 1982 Nodilittorina riisei (Mörch, 1876)