MolluscaBase taxon details
Laevilacunaria antarctica (E. von Martens, 1885)
713998 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:713998)
accepted
Species
Lacuna antarctica E. von Martens, 1885 · unaccepted (original combination)
Laevilacunaria bransfieldensis (Preston, 1916) · unaccepted
Laevilitorina antarctica (E. von Martens, 1885) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Pellilitorina bransfieldensis Preston, 1916 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Lacuna antarctica E. von Martens, 1885) Martens, E. von. (1885). Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Molluskenfauna von Süd-Georgien. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1885: 89-94 [17 March]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7974219
page(s): 92 [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
Type locality contained in Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South...
type locality contained in Overlapping claim South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: United Kingdom / Argentina part of the South Atlantic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Laevilacunaria antarctica (E. von Martens, 1885). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=713998 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Lacuna antarctica E. von Martens, 1885) Martens, E. von. (1885). Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Molluskenfauna von Süd-Georgien. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 1885: 89-94 [17 March]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7974219
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Pellilitorina bransfieldensis Preston, 1916) Preston, H. B. (1916). Descriptions of eight new species of marine Mollusca from the South Shetlands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 18: 269-272.
page(s): 271, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2018). Convergence with naticids: phenotypic phylogenetic study on some Antarctic littorinoideans, with description of the zerotulid new genus <i>Pseudonatica</i>, and its presence in Brazil (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98(6): 1365-1381., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531541700025X [details]
additional source Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1 [details]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
note: synonym of L. pumilio [details]
page(s): 92 [details]
original description (of Pellilitorina bransfieldensis Preston, 1916) Preston, H. B. (1916). Descriptions of eight new species of marine Mollusca from the South Shetlands. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (8) 18: 269-272.
page(s): 271, pl. 13, fig. 5 [details]
basis of record Simone, L. R. L. (2018). Convergence with naticids: phenotypic phylogenetic study on some Antarctic littorinoideans, with description of the zerotulid new genus <i>Pseudonatica</i>, and its presence in Brazil (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98(6): 1365-1381., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531541700025X [details]
additional source Zettler, M. L.; Bick, A. (2025). Molluscs from a shallow bay of King George Island (Antarctica, South Shetland Islands): An annotated checklist with new distributional records. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5631(3): 401-450., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5631.3.1 [details]
additional source Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.
note: synonym of L. pumilio [details]
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