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Laguncula

Genus of gastropods

Genus of gastropods

  • Bensonia Gray, 1847
  • Scarlatia Schileyko, 1977

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.

Species

Species within the genus Laguncula include:

  • Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842

References

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

References

  1. Cantor, Theodore. (1842). "General Features of Chusan, with Remarks on the Fauna and Flora of That Island". [[The Annals and Magazine of Natural History]].
  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. (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.
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