- Source: Echinolittorina pascua
Echinolittorina pascua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 15 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Easter Island
References
Reid, D.G. (1989a) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 324: 1–110.
Williams, S.T. & Reid, D.G. (2004) Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus Echinolittorina. Evolution 58(10):2227-2251
Reid D.G. (2007). The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420.
External links
"Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) pascua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 February 2011.