WoRMS taxon details
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
140168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140168)
accepted
Species
Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840 (synonym)
Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844 (synonym)
Subspecies Lacuna pallidula neritoidea Gould, 1840 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Variety Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Variety Lacuna pallidula var. naticiformis J. T. Marshall, 1893 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Variety Lacuna pallidula var. patula Hanley in Thorpe, 1844 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Variety Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
Variety Lacuna pallidula var. naticiformis J. T. Marshall, 1893 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Variety Lacuna pallidula var. patula Hanley in Thorpe, 1844 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)
marine
(of Cochlea pallidula da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details] 
Distribution Greenland to Connecticut; Europe
Taxonomy Nordsieck (1968) and Janssen (1975) both position Lacuna pallidula (Da Costa, 1778) in the genus: Stenotis A. Adams, 1863....
Distribution Greenland to Connecticut; Europe [details]
Taxonomy Nordsieck (1968) and Janssen (1975) both position Lacuna pallidula (Da Costa, 1778) in the genus: Stenotis A. Adams, 1863....
Taxonomy Nordsieck (1968) and Janssen (1975) both position Lacuna pallidula (Da Costa, 1778) in the genus: Stenotis A. Adams, 1863. However, no convincing arguments for this placement exist and as such we'd rather follow the majority of others in using Lacuna. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140168 on 2021-03-02
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original description
(of Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840) Gould A. A. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells. <em>American Journal of Science and Arts.</em> (1) 38: 196-197., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30966509
page(s): 197. [details]
original description (of Cochlea pallidula da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details]
original description (of Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844) Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230 [details]
original description (of Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 352 [details]
original description (of Lacuna pallidula var. naticiformis J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall J.T. (1893). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part I]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 241-265., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573735
page(s): 250 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</em> 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B</i> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 197. [details]
original description (of Cochlea pallidula da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, Mendes E. (1778). Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology; containing the descriptions and other particulars of natural history of the shells of Great Britain and Ireland: illustrated with figures. In English and French. - Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, ou, la conchologie Britannique; contenant les descriptions & autres particularités d'histoire naturelle des coquilles de la Grande Bretagne & de l'Irlande: avec figures en taille douce. En anglois & françois., i-xii, 1-254, i-vii, [1], Pl. I-XVII. London. (Millan, White, Emsley & Robson)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13116783 [details]
original description (of Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844) Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230 [details]
original description (of Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865) Jeffreys J.G. (1862-1869). <i>British conchology</i>. Vol. 1: pp. cxiv + 341 [1862]. Vol. 2: pp. 479 [1864]. Vol. 3: pp. 394 [1865]. Vol. 4: pp. 487 [1867]. Vol. 5: pp. 259 [1869]. London, van Voorst. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55187
page(s): 352 [details]
original description (of Lacuna pallidula var. naticiformis J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall J.T. (1893). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part I]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 241-265., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31573735
page(s): 250 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc.</em> 693 p. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. <em>Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B.</em> 68: p. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Abbott R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Reid D.G. (1989) The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <i>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B</i> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
additional source Dyntaxa. (2013). Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013]., available online at http://www.dyntaxa.se [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Dimensions maximum size of 6 mm [details]Distribution Greenland to Connecticut; Europe [details]
Habitat intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Taxonomy Nordsieck (1968) and Janssen (1975) both position Lacuna pallidula (Da Costa, 1778) in the genus: Stenotis A. Adams, 1863. However, no convincing arguments for this placement exist and as such we'd rather follow the majority of others in using Lacuna. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | lavspiret grubesnegl | [details] |
| Dutch | bleke scheefhoren | [details] |
| English | pallid lacunapallid chink snailpallid chink shellpale lacuna | [details] |
| French | lacune pâle | [details] |
| German | Flache Grübchenschnecke | [details] |
| Swedish | blek lagunsnäcka | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (201 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To PESI (from synonym Cochlea pallidula da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait) (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (201 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (65 publications) (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To PESI (from synonym Cochlea pallidula da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865)
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait) (from synonym Lacuna neritoidea Gould, 1840)
To The Arctic Traits Database (2 traits)
To ITIS
