Echinolittorina malaccana
- Water temperature25–27 °C
- Best monthsApril, July, and August
- How commonRare
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About this species
Echinolittorina malaccana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Echinolittorina malaccana”, 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: 22 records
- February: 38 records
- March: 36 records
- April: 61 records
- May: 43 records
- June: 42 records
- July: 52 records
- August: 60 records
- September: 33 records
- October: 43 records
- November: 22 records
- December: 37 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–27 °C
Photos
(c) Sarka Masova, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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(c) Licheng Shih, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Edmundas Greimas, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
Other scientific names: Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) malaccana, Litorina malaccana, Littorina monilifera
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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).
- 55 open-data records from 1847 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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