Lucapina Explained

Lucapina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, 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 (Finlay, 1930)
• Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Lucapina adspersa auct. non Philippi, 1845: synonym of Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina cayenensis Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)
• Lucapina elegans Sowerby, 1835: synonym of Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina fasciata Dall, 1884: synonym of Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina harrassowitzi Ihering, 1927: synonym of Diodora harrassowitzi (Ihering, 1927)
• Lucapina itapema Ihering, 1927: synonym of Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 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 (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.