Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Echinolittorina lemniscata (Philippi, 1846)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Littorinoidea

Family
Littorinidae

Genus
Echinolittorina

Species
lemniscata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Echinolittorina galapagiensis (Stearns, 1892), Littorina (Tectarius) atyphus Stearns, 1892, Littorina (Tectarius) galapagiensis Stearns, 1892, Littorina atyphus Stearns, 1892, Littorina galapagiensis Stearns, 1892, Littorina lemniscata Philippi, 1846, Nodilittorina galapagiensis (Stearns, 1892) Note: This species was recorded as a synonym fide Appeltans.

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Echinolittorina lemniscata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=14811. Accessed 6 November 2026.