Echinolittorina jamaicensis

Echinolittorina jamaicensis
	Echinolittorina jamaicensis shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Echinolittorina
Species:	E. jamaicensis
Binomial name
	Echinolittorina jamaicensis; (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
	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</small; 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 mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed throughout the Caribbean region.

The maximum recorded shell length is 19.1 mm.[2]

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

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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.

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