Echinolittorina lemniscata
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Littorinidae |
Genus: | Echinolittorina |
Species: | E. lemniscata
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Binomial name | |
Echinolittorina lemniscata (Philippi, 1846)
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Echinolittorina lemniscata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Description
[edit]The shell size varies between 6 mm and 10 mm
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Distribution
[edit]This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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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