Echinolittorina is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Littorinidae, the winkles.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following extant species with valid names are included within the genus Echinolittorina:
- Echinolittorina albicarinata <small>(McLean, 1970)</small>
- Echinolittorina angustior <small>(Mörch, 1876)</small>
- Echinolittorina apicina <small>(Menke, 1851)</small>
- Echinolittorina arabica <small>(El Assal, 1990)</small>
- Echinolittorina aspera <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Echinolittorina atrata <small>(C.B. Adams, 1852)</small>
- Echinolittorina australis <small>(Gray, 1826)</small>
- Echinolittorina austrotrochoides <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina biangulata <small>(Martens, 1897)</small>
- Echinolittorina caboverdensis <small>Reid, 2011</small>
- Echinolittorina cecillei <small>(Philippi, 1851)</small>
- Echinolittorina cinerea <small>(Pease, 1869)</small>
- Echinolittorina conspersa <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina dilatata <small>(d'Orbigny, 1842)</small>
- Echinolittorina dubiosa <small>(C.B. Adams, 1852)</small>
- Echinolittorina feejeensis <small>(Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Echinolittorina fuscolineata <small>(Reid, 2002)</small>
- Echinolittorina granosa <small>(Philippi, 1845)</small>
- Echinolittorina hawaiiensis <small>(Rosewater & Kadolsky, 1981)</small>
- Echinolittorina helenae <small>(E.A. Smith, 1890)</small>
- Echinolittorina interrupta <small>(C.B. Adams in Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina jamaicensis <small>(C.B. Adams, 1850)</small>
- Echinolittorina lemniscata <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Echinolittorina leucosticta <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina lineolata <small>(dâÂÂOrbigny, 1840)</small>
- Echinolittorina malaccana <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina marisrubri <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina marquesensis <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina melanacme <small>(E.A. Smith, 1876)</small>
- Echinolittorina meleagris <small>(Beck in Potiez & Michaud, 1838)</small>
- Echinolittorina mespillum <small>(Mühlfeld, 1824)</small>
- Echinolittorina miliaris <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>
- Echinolittorina millegrana <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>
- Echinolittorina modesta <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Echinolittorina natalensis <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina novaezelandiae <small>(Reeve, 1857)</small>
- Echinolittorina omanensis <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina parcipicta <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Echinolittorina pascua <small>(Rosewater, 1970)</small>
- Echinolittorina paytensis <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina penicillata <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Echinolittorina peregrinator <small>Reid, 2011</small>
- Echinolittorina peruviana <small>(Lamarck, 1822)</small>
- Echinolittorina philippinensis <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina placida <small>Reid, 2009</small>
- Echinolittorina porcata <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Echinolittorina pulchella <small>(Dunker, 1845)</small>
- Echinolittorina punctata <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Echinolittorina quadricincta <small>(Mühlfeld, 1824)</small>
- Echinolittorina radiata <small>(Souleyet in Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852)</small>
- Echinolittorina reticulata <small>(Anton, 1838)</small>
- Echinolittorina santelenae <small>(Reid, 2002)</small>
- Echinolittorina soroziczac <small>Reid, 2011</small>
- Echinolittorina subnodosa <small>(Philippi, 1847)</small>
- Echinolittorina sundaica <small>(van Regteren Altena, 1945)</small>
- Echinolittorina tenuistriata <small>(Reid, 2002)</small>
- Echinolittorina tricincta <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina tuberculata <small>(Menke, 1828)</small>
- Echinolittorina vermeiji <small>(Bandel & Kadolsky, 1982)</small>
- Echinolittorina vidua <small>(Gould, 1859)</small>
- Echinolittorina wallaceana <small>Reid, 2007</small>
- Echinolittorina ziczac <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
Echinolittorina nielseni (Araya & Reid, 2016) is an extinct species from the Quaternary deposits. Over fifteen specimens were found in northern Chile. This species has a large shell, 15.7-22.2 mm high.
Species brought into synonymy :
- Echinolittorina fernandezensis <small>(Rosewater, 1870)</small>: synonym of Austrolittorina fernandezensis <small>(Rosewater, 1970)</small>
- Echinolittorina galapagiensis <small>(Stearns, 1892)</small>: synonym of Echinolittorina lemniscata <small>(Philippi, 1846)</small>
- Echinolittorina pyramidalis <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>: synonym of Nodilittorina pyramidalis <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)</small>
- Echinolittorina trochoides <small>(Gray, 1839)</small>: synonym of Echinolittorina pascua <small>(Rosewater, 1970)</small>
- Echinolittorina unifasciata <small>(Gray, 1826)</small>: synonym of Austrolittorina unifasciata <small>(Gray, 1826)</small>
References
- Habe & Kosuge, 1966) Reid D.G. (2007) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1-161.
Further reading
- S. T. Williams, and D. G. Reid, Speciation and Diversity on Tropical Rocky Shores: a Global Phylogeny of Snails of the Genus Echinolittorina, Evolution, Volume 58, Issue 10, pages 2227âÂÂ2251, October 2004
- David G. Reid, Kalpana Lal, Jacqueline Mackenzie-Dodds, Fontje Kaligis, D. Timothy J. Littlewood, Suzanne T. Williams : Comparative phylogeography and species boundaries in Echinolittorina snails in the central Indo-West Pacific, Journal of Biogeography, Volume 33, Issue 6, pages 990âÂÂ1006, June 2006