WoRMS taxon details
Echinolittorina atrata (C. B. Adams, 1852)
446853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446853)
accepted
Species
Adeorbis abjecta C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Fossar variegatus A. Adams, 1855 · unaccepted
Fossarilittorina variegatus (A. Adams, 1855) · unaccepted
Fossarus abjectus (C. B. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Fossarus atratus (C. B. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Fossarus excavatus (C. B. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Fossarus foveatus (C. B. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
Littorina atrata C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Littorina excavata C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Littorina foveata C. B. Adams, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Nodilittorina atrata (C. B. Adams, 1852) · unaccepted
marine
(of Littorina atrata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 395 [details]
page(s): 395 [details]
Type locality contained in Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Panamanian Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Echinolittorina atrata (C. B. Adams, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446853 on 2026-09-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Fossar variegatus A. Adams, 1855) Adams, A. (1855). A monograph of <i>Fossar</i>, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1853) 21: 186-187., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747335
page(s): 187. [details]
original description (of Littorina foveata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Fossarus abjectus (C. B. Adams, 1852)) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703 [details]
original description (of Littorina atrata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 395 [details]
original description (of Littorina excavata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703 [details]
original description (of Adeorbis abjecta C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 407 [details]
basis of record Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2004). Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus <i>Echinolittorina</i>. <i>Evolution 58(10)</i>: 2227–2251, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01600.x [details]
page(s): 187. [details]
original description (of Littorina foveata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 397 [details]
original description (of Fossarus abjectus (C. B. Adams, 1852)) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703 [details]
original description (of Littorina atrata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 395 [details]
original description (of Littorina excavata C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703 [details]
original description (of Adeorbis abjecta C. B. Adams, 1852) Adams, C. B. (1852). Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 5: 229-549., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16328703
page(s): 407 [details]
basis of record Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2004). Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus <i>Echinolittorina</i>. <i>Evolution 58(10)</i>: 2227–2251, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01600.x [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Fossarus foveatus (C. B. Adams, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fossarus excavatus (C. B. Adams, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Fossarus atratus (C. B. Adams, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinolittorina atrata)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Fossarus foveatus (C. B. Adams, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Fossarus excavatus (C. B. Adams, 1852))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Fossarus atratus (C. B. Adams, 1852))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinolittorina atrata)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
