Echinolittorina pascua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Genus:
Echinolittorina
Species:
E. pascua
Binomial name
Echinolittorina pascua
(Rosewater, 1970)
Synonyms[1]
  • Echinolittorina trochoides (Gray, 1839)
  • Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) pascua Rosewater, 1970
  • Littorina trochoides Gray, 1839
  • Nodilittorina pyramidalis pascua Rosewater, 1970
  • Nodilittorina trochoides (Gray, 1839)

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

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Easter Island

References

  1. 1 2 Echinolittorina pascua (Rosewater, 1970). Reid, David G. (2009). Echinolittorina pascua (Rosewater, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437377 on 17 February 2011 .
  • Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1–110.
  • Williams, S.T. & Reid, D.G. (2004) Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus Echinolittorina. Evolution 58(10):2227-2251
  • Reid D.G. (2007). The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420.
  • "Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) pascua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 February 2011.


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