''Lucapina'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
, the keyhole limpets.
Species
Species within the genus ''Lucapina'' include:
* ''
Lucapina adspersa''
( Philippi, 1845)
* ''
Lucapina aegis''
( Reeve, 1850)
* ''
Lucapina elisae''
Costa & Simone, 2006
* ''
Lucapina eolis''
Pérez Farfante, 1945
* ''
Lucapina philippiana
''Lucapina philippiana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
Distribution
References
Fissurellidae
Gastropods described in 1930
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''
(Finlay, 1930)
* ''
Lucapina sowerbii
''Lucapina sowerbii'', common name Sowerby's fleshy limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Di ...
''
( Sowerby, 1835)
* ''
Lucapina suffusa''
( Reeve, 1850)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Lucapina adspersa''
auct. non Philippi, 1845: synonym of ''
Lucapina sowerbii
''Lucapina sowerbii'', common name Sowerby's fleshy limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Di ...
''
( Sowerby, 1835)
* ''Lucapina cayenensis''
Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1822: synonym of ''
Diodora cayenensis''
(Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...
, 1822)
* ''Lucapina elegans''
Sowerby, 1835: synonym of ''
Lucapina sowerbii
''Lucapina sowerbii'', common name Sowerby's fleshy limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Di ...
''
( Sowerby, 1835)
* ''Lucapina fasciata''
Dall, 1884: synonym of ''
Lucapina sowerbii
''Lucapina sowerbii'', common name Sowerby's fleshy limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm.
Di ...
''
( Sowerby, 1835)
* ''Lucapina harrassowitzi''
Ihering, 1927: synonym of ''
Diodora harrassowitzi''
(Ihering, 1927)
* ''Lucapina itapema''
Ihering, 1927: synonym of ''
Fissurella rosea
''Fissurella rosea'', common name the rosy keyhole limpet, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and ...
''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Gmelin's test, a chemical test
* Gmelin database, a German handbook/encyclopedia of inorganic compounds initiated by Leopold Gmelin
People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1791)
* ''Lucapina limatula''
Reeve, 1850:
synonym of ''
Lucapinella limatula''
( Reeve, 1850)
* ''Lucapina meta''
Ihering, 1927: synonym of ''
Diodora meta''
(Ihering, 1927)
* ''Lucapina monilifera''
Hutton, 1873: synonym of ''
Monodilepas monilifera
''Monodilepas monilifera'' is a species of small sea snail or limpets, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of M ...
''
(Hutton, 1873)
* ''Lucapina textaranea''
Olsson & Harbison, 1953 : synonym of ''
Lucapina suffusa''
( Reeve, 1850)
* ''Lucapina tobagoensis''
Pérez Farfante, 1945: synonym of ''
Lucapina suffusa''
( Reeve, 1850)
References
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''.
Fissurellidae
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