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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| Subgenus: | Reid, 2009[1]
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| Echinolittorina ziczac (Gmelin, 1791)
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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.[2]
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editMinimum recorded depth is -3 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[3]
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- ^ Reid D. G. (2009) "The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the western Atlantic Ocean." Zootaxa 2184: 1-103. abstract
- ^ Malacolog database entry at
- ^ 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.
- ^ Warmke G. L. & Tucker Abbott R. (1961). Caribbean Seashells, A Guide to the Marine Mollusks of Puerto Rico and Other West Indian Islands, Bermuda and the Lower Florida Keys. Livingstone, Pennsylvania, ISBN 0-486-21359-5.
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