Lacuna vincta

Lacuna vincta
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]
Epheria vincta (Montagu, 1803) Lacuna albella Lovén, 1846 Lacuna arctica Philippi, 1853 Lacuna carinata Gould, 1848 Lacuna frigida Lovén, 1846 Lacuna gracilior Metcalfe in Thorpe, 1844 Lacuna labiosa Lovén, 1846 Lacuna pertusa Conrad, 1831 Lacuna solidula Lovén, 1846 Lacuna vincta var. fusca Gould, 1841 Phasianella bifasciata Brown, 1827 Phasianella cornea Brown, 1827 Phasianella striata Brown, 1827 Trochus divaricatus Fabricius, 1780 Turbo canalis Montagu, 1803 Turbo quadrifasciatus Montagu, 1803 Turbo vinctus Montagu, 1803

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]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.^[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m, and the maximum recorded depth is 60 m.^[2]

References

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. 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.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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