WoRMS taxon details
Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
140169 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140169)
accepted
Species
Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted
Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800 · unaccepted (synonym)
Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna (Epheria) fasciata (J. Adams, 1800) · unaccepted
Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolus (W. Turton, 1819) · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolus var. clausa Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolus var. conica Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolus var. expansa Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)
Lacuna puteolus var. plicata J. T. Marshall, 1893 · unaccepted
Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine
(of Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; 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 Distribution similer with L. vincta but extending further south to Spanish coasts
Distribution Southern Cape Cod and Nantucket Massachusetts
Distribution Distribution similer with L. vincta but extending further south to Spanish coasts [details]
Distribution Southern Cape Cod and Nantucket Massachusetts
Distribution Southern Cape Cod and Nantucket Massachusetts [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140169 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (1778). <i>Historia naturalis testaceorum Britanniæ, or, the British conchology</i>; 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 Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800) Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 3; pl. 1 fig. 20-21 [details]
original description (of Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 290, 581 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. clausa 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): 349 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. expansa 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): 350 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. conica 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): 348 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. lactea 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): 349 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. plicata J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894]., 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]
original description (of Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800) Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 3; pl. 1 fig. 20-21 [details]
original description (of Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]
original description (of Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 290, 581 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886) Locard, A. (1886). <i>Prodrome de malacologie française. Catalogue général des mollusques vivants de France. Mollusques marins</i>. Lyon: H. Georg & Paris: Baillière. x + 778 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10831012
page(s): 289 [details]
original description (of Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819) Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. clausa 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): 349 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. expansa 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): 350 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. conica 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): 348 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. lactea 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): 349 [details]
original description (of Lacuna puteolus var. plicata J. T. Marshall, 1893) Marshall, J. T. (1893-1894). Additions to 'British Conchology' [Part 1]. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 7: 241-265 [October 1893], 379-385 [April 1894]., 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]
Other
additional source
Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ockelmann, K. W. & Nielsen, C. (1981). On the biology of the prosobranch <i>Lacuna parva</i> in the Øresund. <em>Ophelia.</em> 20(1): 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1981.10426559 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
additional source Ockelmann, K. W. & Nielsen, C. (1981). On the biology of the prosobranch <i>Lacuna parva</i> in the Øresund. <em>Ophelia.</em> 20(1): 1-16., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785236.1981.10426559 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Reid, D. G. (1989). The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B.</em> 324: 1-110., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Distribution similer with L. vincta but extending further south to Spanish coasts [details]Distribution Southern Cape Cod and Nantucket Massachusetts [details]
Identification There is a resemblance between L. parva and the juvenile species of L. pallidula . According to Thorson (1946) it concerned to two different species. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | lille grubesnegl | [details] |
| Dutch | kleine scheefhoren | [details] |
| English | tiny lacunasmall chink snailleast chink snailleast chink shell | [details] |
| German | Kleine Grübchenschnecke | [details] |
| Swedish | blek lagunsnäcka | [details] |
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Lacuna puteolus (W. Turton, 1819))
To Dyntaxa
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4189) (from synonym Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Concarneau, beached, col...
To Malacopics (Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, between Molè...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus (W. Turton, 1819))
To PESI (from synonym Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. clausa Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. expansa Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. conica Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1865)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (96 publications) (from synonym Lacuna puteolus (W. Turton, 1819))
To Dyntaxa
To GB Mollusca Types (Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803; Syntype(s); EXEMS Moll4189) (from synonym Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803)
To Malacopics (Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Concarneau, beached, col...
To Malacopics (Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778) France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, between Molè...
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus (W. Turton, 1819))
To PESI (from synonym Cochlea parva da Costa, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Helix fasciata J. Adams, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Helix lacuna Montagu, 1803)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna intermedia Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolina Locard, 1886)
To PESI (from synonym Turbo puteolus W. Turton, 1819)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. clausa Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. expansa Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. conica Jeffreys, 1865)
To PESI (from synonym Lacuna puteolus var. lactea Jeffreys, 1865)
To ITIS
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