Echinolittorina pascua

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

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)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 15 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Easter Island

References
  1. 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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