Echinolittorina aspera Rough Periwinkle

Echinolittorina aspera is commonly referred to as Rough Periwinkle. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Echinolittorina aspera,Colombie 2025

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lexID:: 18183
AphiaID:: 446852

Scientific:: Echinolittorina aspera
German:: Raue Strandschnecke
English:: Rough Periwinkle

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Littorinidae (Family) > Echinolittorina (Genus) > aspera (Species)
Initial determination:: (R. A. Philippi, ), 1846

Occurrence:: Columbia, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Peru
Marine Zone:: Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters
Sea depth:: Meter
Habitats:: Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky shores, Rock coasts, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C)
Food:: Herbivorous, Microalgae
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Echinolittorina albicarinata
Echinolittorina angustior
Echinolittorina apicina
Echinolittorina arabica
Echinolittorina aspera
Raue Strandschnecke
Echinolittorina atrata
Echinolittorina australis
Echinolittorina austrotrochoides
Echinolittorina biangulata
Echinolittorina caboverdensis
Echinolittorina cecillei
Echinolittorina cinerea
Echinolittorina conspersa
Echinolittorina dilatata
Echinolittorina dubiosa
Echinolittorina feejeensis
Echinolittorina fuscolineata
Echinolittorina granosa
Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
Echinolittorina helenae
Echinolittorina interrupta
Echinolittorina jamaicensis
Echinolittorina lemniscata
Echinolittorina leucosticta
Echinolittorina lineolata
Linien Strandschnecke
Echinolittorina malaccana
Echinolittorina marisrubri
Echinolittorina marquesensis
Echinolittorina melanacme
Echinolittorina meleagris
Echinolittorina mespillum
Echinolittorina miliaris
Echinolittorina millegrana
Echinolittorina modesta
Echinolittorina natalensis
Echinolittorina novaezelandiae
Echinolittorina omanensis
Echinolittorina parcipicta
Echinolittorina pascua
Echinolittorina paytensis
Echinolittorina penicillata
Echinolittorina peregrinator
Echinolittorina peruviana
Peru Strandschnecke
Echinolittorina philippinensis
Echinolittorina placida
Echinolittorina porcata
Echinolittorina pulchella
Echinolittorina punctata
Echinolittorina quadricincta
Echinolittorina radiata
Echinolittorina reticulata
Echinolittorina santelenae
Echinolittorina soroziczac
Echinolittorina subnodosa
Echinolittorina sundaica
Echinolittorina tenuistriata
Echinolittorina tricincta
Echinolittorina tuberculata
Echinolittorina vermeiji
Echinolittorina vidua
Echinolittorina wallaceana
Echinolittorina ziczac
Zickzack-Strandschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2026-02-24 13:00:10
Last edit:: 2026-02-24 13:28:04

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Echinolittorina aspera (R. A. Philippi, 1846)

Echinolittorina aspera is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

Synonymised names
Littorina aspera R. A. Philippi, 1846 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Nodilittorina aspera (R. A. Philippi, 1846) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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