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Lacuna parva

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Lacuna parva
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Lacuna
Species:
L. parva
Binomial name
Lacuna parva
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778
  • Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800
  • Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803 ·
  • Lacuna (Epheria) fasciata (J. Adams, 1800)
  • Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886
  • Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886
  • Lacuna puteolus (Turton, 1819)
  • Lacuna puteolus var. clausa Jeffreys, 1865
  • Lacuna puteolus var. conica Jeffreys, 1865
  • Lacuna puteolus var. expansa Jeffreys, 1865
  • Lacuna puteolus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1865
  • Lacuna puteolus var. plicata J. T. Marshall, 1893
  • Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819

Lacuna parva, common name the tiny lacuna, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]

Distribution

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  • Southern Cape Cod and Nantucket, Massachusetts
  • Distribution similar with L. vincta but extending further south to Spanish coasts

References

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  1. ^ a b Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778). Gofas, S. (2009). Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140169 on 6 June 2010 .
  • Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls
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