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Lacuna pallidula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Littorinidae
Genus:	Lacuna
Species:	L. pallidula
Binomial name
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840 Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844

Lacuna pallidula, common name the pale lacuna, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 70 m.

References

1. ^ Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). Gofas, S. (2009). Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140168 on 6 June 2010 .
2. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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