Lacuna vincta

Lacuna vincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Littorinidae
Genus: Lacuna
Species:
L. vincta
Binomial name
Lacuna vincta
(Montagu, 1803)[1]
Synonyms[1]
List
  • 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, commonly known as northern lacuna, wide lacuna, northern chink shell,[2] or banded chink shell,[3] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. It is found intertidally and in shallow waters in both the northern Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean. It is a herbivore, feeding on seaweed and diatoms with its toothed radula.

  1. ^ a b Gofas, Serge (2018). "Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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