Lacuna pallidula
Lacuna pallidula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Littorinoidea |
Family: | Littorinidae |
Genus: | Lacuna |
Species: | L. pallidula |
Binomial name | |
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840 |
Lacuna pallidula, common name the pale lacuna, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 70 m.[2]
References
- 1 2 Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). Gofas, S. (2009). Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140168 on 6 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
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