Echinolittorina miliaris

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Echinolittorina miliaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Echinolittorina
Species:
E. miliaris
Binomial name
Echinolittorina miliaris
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms [1]

Littorina miliarisQuoy & Gaimard, 1833
Tectarius miliaris(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

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

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 20 mm. [2]

Habitat

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

References

  1. 1 2 Echinolittorina miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) . Reid, David G. (2010). Echinolittorina miliaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). 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=446864 on 6 June 2010 .
  2. 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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