Lacuna vincta
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| Lacuna vincta | |
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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. vincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Trochus divaricatus Fabricius, 1780 | |
Lacuna vincta, common name the northern lacuna, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.[1]
Distribution
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.[2]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 60 m.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803). Gofas, S. (2009). Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803). 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=140170 on 6 June 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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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