Laguncula

Laguncula
Laguncula pulchella shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Laguncula Benson, 1842 [1]
Type species
Laguncula pulchellaBenson, 1842
Synonyms [2]
BensoniaGray, 1847 [3] ScarlatiaSchileyko, 1977 [4]

Laguncula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae.

General characteristics

(Original description in Latin) The shell is turbinate (top-shaped) and subglobose (somewhat spherical). It has a large, entire, oblong aperture. The peristome (aperture margin) is interrupted. The lip is somewhat reflected (turned back). The umbilicus is deep and tortuous. ^[5]

Species

Species within the genus Laguncula include:

• Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842

References

1. Cantor, Theodore (1842). "General Features of Chusan, with Remarks on the Fauna and Flora of That Island" (PDF). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 9: 481 at 488. doi:10.1080/03745484209445368.
2. Bouchet, P. (2016). Laguncula Benson, 1842. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584332 on 2017-05-25
3. Gray (1847). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 150.
4. Shileiko (1977). Trudy Inst. Okeanol.108: 80.
5. Benson, W.H. (1842). "Mollusca. in: T. Cantor, General features of Chusan, with remarks on the flora and fauna of that island". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9 (60): 488. Retrieved 7 December 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.