Common name of Echinolittorina meleagris
 
Common Name White-spot periwinkle
Language English
Type AFS
Official Trade Name No
Rank 1 - (Legal common name (unique))
Country United States (contiguous states)
Locality
Ref. Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core plant
1st Modifier color pattern(s)
2nd Modifier
Remarks 'periwinkle' from Latin 'vincapervinca', i.e., trailing or woody evergreen herbs of the genus Vinca.
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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