Echinolittorina

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Echinolittorina
Temporal range: Quaternary–Recent [1]
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A live and active individual of Echinolittorina ziczac
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Subfamily: Littorininae
Genus: Echinolittorina
Habe, 1956 [2]
Synonyms
  • AmerolittorinaReid, 2009
  • Echinolittorina (Amerolittorina)Reid, 2009
  • Echinolittorina (Echinolittorina)Habe, 1956
  • Echinolittorina (Fossarilittorina)Rosewater, 1981
  • Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina)Habe & Kosuge, 1966
  • Echinolittorina (Lineolittorina)Reid, 2009
  • FossarilittorinaRosewater, 1981
  • GranulilittorinaHabe & Kosuge, 1966
  • LineolittorinaReid, 2009
  • Littorina (Fossarilittorina)Rosewater, 1981
  • Nodilittorina (Echinolittorina)Habe, 1956
  • Nodilittorina (Fossarilittorina)Rosewater, 1981

Echinolittorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles.

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Species

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Two shells of Echinolittorina paytensis

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following extant species with valid names are included within the genus Echinolittorina: [3]

Echinolittorina nielseni (Araya & Reid, 2016) is an extinct species from the Quaternary deposits. Over fifteen specimens were found in northern Chile. This species has a large shell, 15.7-22.2 mm high. [1]

Species brought into synonymy

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References

  1. 1 2 Juan-Francisco Araya, David G. Reid (2016). "A new species of Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) from the Quaternary of Chile". Palaeontologia Electronica. 19(1)8A: 1-8. doi:10.26879/600.
  2. Habe T. (1956). Venus, Kyoto 19: 96, 97.
  3. WoRMS : Echinolittorina

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