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 pulchella Benson, 1842 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ Gray (1847). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 150.
- ^ Shileiko (1977). Trudy Inst. Okeanol. 108: 80.
- ^ 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.