Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Littorinoidea Genus Echinolittorina Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Littorinidae Scientific name Echinolittorina ziczac Rank Species | |
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Subgenus Amerolittorina
Reid, 2009 Similar Echinolittorina, Littoraria angulifera, Cenchritis muricatus, Nerita versicolor, Nerita tessellata | ||
Echinolittorina ziczac, previously known as Littorina ziczac, common name the "zebra periwinkle", is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae.
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This species lives in the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to Barbados, including the Caribbean coast of Central America. It is very common on intertidal rocks.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 23 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is -3 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.
References
Echinolittorina ziczac Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA