Echinolittorina mespillum

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Echinolittorina mespillum
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Echinolittorina mespillum var. minima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Echinolittorina
Species:
E. mespillum
Binomial name
Echinolittorina mespillum
(Mühlfeld, 1824)
Synonyms [1]

Litorina mespillumMühlfeld, 1824
Nodilittorina mespillum(Mühlfeld, 1824)

Contents

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

Distribution

Aruba, Bonaire, Caribbean Sea, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Gulf of Mexico, Jamaica, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Puerto Rico [2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is −2 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Echinolittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824) . Reid, David G. (2010). Echinolittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419561 on 6 June 2010 .
  2. ↑ "Echinolittorina mespillum - Огляд - Енциклопедія життя". Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 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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