Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Echinolittorina modesta
litorina modesta, Modest periwinkle
Length: 19 mm
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), intertidal
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Littorinimorpha
Superfamily
Littorinoidea
Family
Littorinidae
Genus
Echinolittorina
Species
modesta
Taxon category: Accepted
Nodilittorina modesta (Philippi, 1846) fide Hickman. Syn.: Littorina modesta, USNM: 807235; ? 703292 & 819206 (both as Littorina paytensis Philippi, 1847), CDRS: 330, 1139, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Baja California to Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- 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.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Echinolittorina modesta", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8654. Accessed 9 June 2026.