Laguncula pulchella

Laguncula pulchella
Shell of Laguncula pulchella (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Laguncula
Species:	L. pulchella
Binomial name
Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842
Synonyms [1]
Euspira fortunei(Reeve, 1855) Lunatia gilva(Philippi, 1851) Natica fortuneiReeve, 1855 Natica gilvaPhilippi, 1851 Natica tenuisPhilippi, 1852

Laguncula pulchella is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae.

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is whitish-glaucous (pale greenish-blue) and ovate-globose (ovoid and somewhat spherical). It is furnished with convex whorls. The surface shows a decussate (cross-hatched) sculpture, which consists of slightly elevated longitudinal lines and oblique lines. The sutures are impressed. The aperture is decorated internally with a broad, pale chestnut band. The columella is of the same color internally. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Korea and Japan.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=584770 on 2017-05-25
2. 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 .

• Qi Zhongyan. 2004. Seashells of China. China Ocean Press, viii + 418 p., 193 pls.
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.
• Saito, H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.

External links

• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). "Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7.
• Preece, R. C., White, T. S., Raheem, D. C., Ketchum, H., Ablett, J., Taylor, H., Webb, K. & Naggs, F. (2022). "William Benson and the golden age of malacology in British India: Biography, illustrated catalogue and evaluation of his molluscan types". Tropical Natural History. 6.