Echinolittorina jamaicensis

Species of gastropod

Echinolittorina jamaicensis

Echinolittorina jamaicensis shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Echinolittorina
Species:	E. jamaicensis
Binomial name
*Echinolittorina jamaicensis* (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
Austrolittorina mordax Bandel, K. & D. Kadolsky, 1988 Litorina angustior Weinkauff, H.C., 1883 Litorina carinata Weinkauff, H.C., 1878 Littorina (Melarhaphe) floccosa var. a Mörch, O.A.L., 1876 Littorina glaucocincta Mörch, 1876 Littorina jamaicensis C.B. Adams, 1850 Littorina riisei Mörch, 1876 Nodilittorina (Nodilittorina) glaucocincta "Beck, H.H. MS" Mörch, O.A.L., 1982 Nodilittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850) Nodilittorina mordax Bandel & Kadolsky, 1982 Nodilittorina riisei (Mörch, 1876)

Echinolittorina jamaicensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the Caribbean region.

The maximum recorded shell length is 19.1 mm.

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.

^ Echinolittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850). WoRMS (2010). Echinolittorina jamaicensis (C.B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449199 on 16 February 2011 .
^ 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.

Taxon identifiers
Echinolittorina jamaicensis	Wikidata: Q5332522 Wikispecies: Echinolittorina jamaicensis BOLD: 901915 CoL: 6DVC9 GBIF: 5856836 IRMNG: 11710898 NCBI: 633381 OBIS: 449199 Open Tree of Life: 390851 WoRMS: 449199
Littorina jamaicensis	Wikidata: Q106104050 CoL: 7RY5P GBIF: 6491671 IRMNG: 11782813 WoRMS: 449201

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