Lacuna pallidula

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Lacuna pallidula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Lacuna
Species:
L. pallidula
Binomial name
Lacuna pallidula
(da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms [1]

Lacuna neritoideaGould, 1840
Lacuna patulaThorpe, 1844

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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. 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 .
  2. 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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