Echinolittorina hawaiiensis or Hawaiian Periwinkle is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae. It is endemic to Hawaii and is mostly found in clusters on rocky shores in the high intertidal.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Echinolittorina hawaiiensis being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Melarhaphe neritoides
- Austrolittorina antipodum
- Littorina keenae
- Austrolittorina unifasciata
- Afrolittorina praetermissa
- Afrolittorina africana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Littorinimorpha
- Family
- Littorinidae
- Genus
- Echinolittorina
- Species
- Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
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