Echinolittorina pascua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Littorinidae |
| Genus: | Echinolittorina |
| Species: | E. pascua
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| Binomial name | |
| Echinolittorina pascua (Rosewater, 1970)
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Description
editThe shell grows to a length of 15 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Pacific Ocean along Easter Island
References
edit- ^ a b Echinolittorina pascua (Rosewater, 1970). Reid, David G. (2009). Echinolittorina pascua (Rosewater, 1970). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437377 on 17 February 2011 .
- 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
edit- "Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) pascua". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
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