Echinolittorina jamaicensis

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

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)

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the Caribbean region.

Description

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

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References
  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. 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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