Ecrobia maritima

Ecrobia maritima is a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.[2]

Ecrobia maritima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Ecrobia
Species:
E. maritima
Binomial name
Ecrobia maritima
(Milaschewitsch, 1916)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ventrosia maritima (Milaschewitsch, 1916)

Description

The size of an adult shell reaches 4 mm.

References
  1. Milaschewitch K. O. (1916). Molliuski cernego i Azovoskogo Morei. Fauna Rossi i koprelnih stran 5-12 pp. 312. [in russo:]. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  2. Ecrobia maritima (Milaschewitsch, 1916). Gofas, S. (2010). Ecrobia maritima (Milaschewitsch, 1916). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574097 on 14 June 2011 .
  • Kevrekidis T., Wilke T. & Mogias A. (2005). When DNA puts ecological works back on the right track: genetic assessment and distribution patterns of mudsnail populations in the Evros Delta lagoons. Archiv für Hydrobiologie vol. 162(1): 19-35


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