Laguncula

Laguncula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae.

Laguncula
Laguncula pulchella shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Laguncula

Benson, 1842[1]
Type species
Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842
Synonyms[2]
  • Bensonia Gray, 1847[3]
  • Scarlatia Schileyko, 1977[4]

Species

Species within the genus Laguncula include:

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.
  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. 9: 481 at 488.
  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.
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