Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Littorinoidea > Family Littorinidae > Subfamily Lacuninae

Lacuna W. Turton, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Epheria*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Lacuna (Epheria)*	Leach, 1847	synonym
*Medoria*	Leach, 1847	synonym

Children

Lacuna (Epheria) cancavennensis Martel, 1914
Lacuna crassior (Montagu, 1803)
Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)
Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: chink snails; lacuna snails sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

French: lacunes sources: Bousfield, E. L. (1964). Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. Musée national du Canada. Ottawa. 89 p.

German: Grübchenschnecken sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Norwegian Bokmål: taresnegler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: taresniglar

Literature

original description	Turton W. (1827). On the genus Lacuna. Zoological Journal. 3: 190-192.
basis of record	Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 324: 1-110.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lacuna W. Turton, 1827. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138099