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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Littorinidae

Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)


Range: 65.42°N to 41°N; 72°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 70 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Nerita pallidula da Costa, 1778
Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840
Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844
Lacuna aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900
Lacuna viridis Martel, 1900

Details


Nerita pallidulus [sic] da Costa, 1778, p. 51-52, pl. 4, fig. 4-5
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Kent and Dorset, England
Range: 65.42°N to 41°N; 70°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 70 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Möller (1842a) M; Posselt & Jensen (1899) N; Fretter & Graham (1980)

Lacuna aurea Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900, 
[Synonym]

Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Range: 60°N to 41°N; 72°W to 55°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Greenland, Canada: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick; USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut
References: Gould (1841) DdM; Matthew (1874); Bousfield (1964) NSEW

Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844, 
[Synonym]

Lacuna pallidula var. viridis Martel, 1900, p. 127
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cancale [France], cordons littoraux de la côte N.
References: Dautzenberg & Durouchoux (1913) s (of neritoidea)


Partial List of References

da Costa, E. M. 1778. British Conchology  xii + 254 + viii, pl. 17. [Stated date: -- --- 1778; true date: post 22 Jun.]
Martel, H. 1900. Liste de coquilles marines, terrestres & d'eau douce, recueillies aux environs de Cancale (suite) La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes (3)30 126-131. [Stated date: 01 May 1900; true date: pre 14 May.]

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