Echinolittorina penicillata

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

Echinolittorina penicillata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
Littorinidae
Genus:
Echinolittorina
Species:
E. penicillata
Binomial name
Echinolittorina penicillata
(Carpenter, 1864)
Synonyms[1]

Littorina penicillata Carpenter, 1864
Nodilittorina penicillata (Carpenter, 1864)

References
  1. Echinolittorina penicillata (Carpenter, 1864). Reid, David G. (2010). Echinolittorina penicillata (Carpenter, 1864). 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=446868 on 6 June 2010 .


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