Echinolittorina australis
- Usual depth0 m
- Water temperature20–28 °C
- Best monthsJanuary and July
- How commonRare
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About this species
Echinolittorina australis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Echinolittorina australis”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 19 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 8 records
- April: 5 records
- May: 5 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 29 records
- August: 11 records
- September: 15 records
- October: 5 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 0 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–28 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Robert Webster, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) David Thompson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Andrew Allen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) australis, Litorina rugosa, Littorina australis, Littorina nodosa, Nodilittorina australis, Nodilittorina nodosa
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Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 119 open-data records from 1896 to 2009.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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