WoRMS taxon details
Echinolittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869)
437365 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437365)
accepted
Species
Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) cinerea (Pease, 1869) · alternative representation
Littorina cinerea Pease, 1869 · unaccepted (superseded combination)
Nodilittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Littorina cinerea Pease, 1869) Pease, W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 64-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978904
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 14 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 14 [details]
Type locality contained in Marquesas Islands
type locality contained in Marquesas Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Echinolittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437365 on 2026-05-31
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Littorina cinerea Pease, 1869) Pease, W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 64-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978904
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 14 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (2007). The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1420(1): 1-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1420.1.1 [details]
page(s): 78, pl. 8 fig. 14 [details]
basis of record Reid, D. G. (2007). The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1420(1): 1-161., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1420.1.1 [details]
Other
additional source
Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details] Available for editors 
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additional source 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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
[request]additional source 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]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 18811)
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodilittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinolittorina cinerea)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nodilittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869))
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Nodilittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Echinolittorina cinerea)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Nodilittorina cinerea (Pease, 1869))
From editor or global species database
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