WoRMS name details
Lacuna (Epheria) Leach, 1847
772282 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:772282)
unaccepted
Subgenus
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) canalis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) decorata A. Adams, 1861 accepted as Lacuna decorata A. Adams, 1861 (basionym)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) divaricata (O. Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) fasciata (J. Adams, 1800) accepted as Lacuna parva (da Costa, 1778)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) inflata (A. Adams, 1861) accepted as Lacuna decorata A. Adams, 1861
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) lepidula A. Adams, 1863 accepted as Lacuna lepidula A. Adams, 1863 (basionym)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) porrecta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Lacuna porrecta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) vincta (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Lacuna vincta (Montagu, 1803) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Lacuna (Epheria) cancavennensis Martel, 1914 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Epheria Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Lacuna (Epheria) Leach, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=772282 on 2025-04-16
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Nomenclature
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(of Epheria Leach, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). The classification of the British Mollusca, by W. E. Leach, M.D. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (1) 20(133): 267-273. [published 1 October 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2278926
page(s): 271 [details]
basis of record Buckland-Nicks, J.A. and Darling, P. (1993) Sperm are stored in the ovary of Lacuna (Epheria) variegata (Carpenter, 1864) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 267, 624–627. [details]
page(s): 271 [details]
basis of record Buckland-Nicks, J.A. and Darling, P. (1993) Sperm are stored in the ovary of Lacuna (Epheria) variegata (Carpenter, 1864) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology 267, 624–627. [details]
