Florida Echinolittorina (subgenus Echinolittorina)
by Marlo F. Krisberg
August 2011

My classification and treatment relies upon the following monograph:

Reid, D.G., 2009. The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the western Atlantic Ocean. Zootaxa 2184: 1-103. Aug. 6.

Dr. Reid has grouped the 10 known living Littorinids in the western Atlantic within the genus Echinolittorina and, within the genus, separated the 10 into four subgenera as follows:

Fossarilittorina Rosewater, 1981
MMMMM E. meleagris (Beck in Potiez & Michaud, 1838)
MMMMM E. mespillum (Mühlfeld, 1824)
Lineolittorina Reid, 2009 (new subgenus)
MMMMM E. lineolata (d'Orbigny, 1840)
Amerolittorina Reid, 2009 (new subgenus)
MMMMM E. ziczac (Gmelin, 1791)
MMMMM E. jamaicensis (C. B. Adams, 1850)
MMMMM E. interrupta (C. B. Adams in Philippi, 1847)
MMMMM E. placida Reid, 2009 (new species)
MMMMM E. angustior (Mörch, 1876)
Echinolittorina Habe, 1956
MMMMM E. tuberculata (Menke, 1828)
MMMMM E. vermeiji (Bandel & Kadolsky, 1982)

This preserntation will describe the one species within Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 present in Florida.

E. tuberculata (Menke, 1828)