Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Littorininae > Genus Echinolittorina

Echinolittorina punctata (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Turbo Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Echinolittorina*	T. Habe, 1956	accepted genus name
*Nodilittorina (Echinolittorina)*	T. Habe, 1956	synonym

Species group names

*Litorina syriaca*	R. A. Philippi, 1847	synonym
*Littorina punctata*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Littorina tristis*	Mousson, 1874	synonym
*Nodilittorina punctata*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Turbo siculus*	Brugnone, 1850	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Reid D.G. (2011) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 2974: 1–65. [22 July 2011]
additional source	Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. Mediterranean Marine Science. 11(2): 381-493.
additional source	Williams S.T. & Reid D.G. (2004). Speciation and diversity on tropical rocky shores: a global phylogeny of snails of the genus Echinolittorina. Evolution 58(10): 2227–2251
additional source	Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Echinolittorina punctata (Gmelin, 1791). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:345757