Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Echinolittorina lemniscata
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
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- 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.