MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)

ERMS taxon details

Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778)

AphiaID

140168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140168)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Lacuna W. Turton, 1827

Original name

Nerita pallidulus da Costa, 1778

Synonymised names

Lacuna neritoidea A. A. Gould, 1840 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865 · unaccepted (synonym)

Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844 · unaccepted (synonym)

Nerita pallidulus da Costa, 1778 · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Variety Lacuna pallidula var. albescens Jeffreys, 1865 accepted as Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778) (synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Nerita pallidulus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (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
page(s): 51, pl. 4 figs 4-5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140168 on 2026-01-12

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Lacuna pallidula (da Costa, 1778). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140168 on 2026-01-12

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

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original description (of Lacuna neritoidea A. A. Gould, 1840) Gould, A. A. (1840). Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells. American Journal of Science and Arts. 38(1): 196-197., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30966509
page(s): 197. [details]

original description (of Nerita pallidulus da Costa, 1778) Da Costa, E. M. (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
page(s): 51, pl. 4 figs 4-5 [details]

original description (of Lacuna patula Thorpe, 1844) Thorpe C. (1844). British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain. 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). British conchology. 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]

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., 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. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London. 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

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 RoR) [details]

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., available online at https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1989.0040 [details]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors

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 RoR) [details]