Echinolittorina vidua
- Water temperature20–29 °C
- Best monthsJune, August, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Echinolittorina vidua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Echinolittorina vidua”, 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: 13 records
- March: 16 records
- April: 25 records
- May: 16 records
- June: 33 records
- July: 22 records
- August: 31 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 32 records
- November: 16 records
- December: 26 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–29 °C
Photos
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(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
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Names and classification
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- タイワンタマキビ
Other scientific names: Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) philippiana, Echinolittorina (Granulilittorina) vidua, Granulilittorina philippiana, Litorina ventricosa, Littorina vidua, Littorina-capsula hagruma, Nodilittorina vidua
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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).
- 329 open-data records from 1847 to 2021.
- Species data updated November 2, 2026.
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