Echinolittorina mespillum

Echinolittorina mespillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Littorinoidea
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Echinolittorina
Species:	E. mespillum
Binomial name
*Echinolittorina mespillum* (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Synonyms^[1]
Litorina mespillum Mühlfeld, 1824 Nodilittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824)

Echinolittorina mespillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.^[1]

Distribution

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (June 2010)

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.^[2]

Minimum recorded depth is -2 m.^[2] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Echinolittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824). Reid, David G. (2010). Echinolittorina mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419561 on 6 June 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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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