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

Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

LacunaW. Turton, 1827accepted genus name
Epheria Leach, 1847 synonym
Lacuna (Epheria) Leach, 1847 synonym
Medoria Leach, 1847 synonym

Species group names

Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778 synonym
Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800 synonym
Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803 synonym
Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886 synonym
Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886 synonym
Lacuna puteolus (W. Turton, 1819) synonym
Lacuna puteolus var. clausa Jeffreys, 1865 synonym
Lacuna puteolus var. conica Jeffreys, 1865 synonym
Lacuna puteolus var. expansa Jeffreys, 1865 synonym
Lacuna puteolus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1865 synonym
Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Danish: lille grubesnegl sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: kleine scheefhoren sources: Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.
 English: least chink shell; least chink snail; small chink snail; tiny lacuna sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;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.;North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 German: Kleine Grübchenschnecke 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.
 Swedish: blek lagunsnäcka

Literature

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

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].

additional source

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.

additional source

Ockelmann, K. W. & Nielsen, C. (1981). On the biology of the prosobranch Lacuna parva in the Øresund. Ophelia. 20(1): 1-16.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778). 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:140169

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.
annex IV EU Habitat Directive Annex IV: Species of community interest in need of strict protection.

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