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Echinolittorina ziczac

Echinolittorina ziczac

(Gmelin, 1791)
Caracol Ziczac

Family: Littorinidae
Order: Littorinimorpha
Class: Gastropoda
Phylum / Division: Mollusca
Kingdom: Animalia

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Echinolittorina ziczac, previously known as Littorina ziczac, common name the "zebra periwinkle", is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Littorinidae.

This species lives in the tropical Western Atlantic Ocean, from Florida to Barbados, including the Caribbean coast of Central America. It is very common on intertidal rocks.

 The maximum recorded shell length is 23 mm.

Habitat: Minimum recorded depth is -3 m. Maximum recorded depth is 0 m.

Source: Wikipedia, article Echinolittorina ziczac. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
249329404/07/2026Dominican RepublicLa AltagraciaBayahíbeHugo Alberto Valderrey
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Echinolittorina ziczac – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 30/09/2026.