Lucapinella Explained

Lucapinella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Species

Species within the genus Lucapinella include:

• Lucapinella aequalis (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapinella callomarginata (Dall, 1871)
• Lucapinella crenifera (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapinella delicata Nowell-Usticke, 1969
• Lucapinella elenorae McLean, 1967
• Lucapinella henseli (Martens, 1900)
• Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850)
• Lucapinella milleri Berry, 1959
• Lucapinella versluysi Dautzenberg, 1900

Species brought into synonymy:

• Lucapinella callomarginata auct. non Dall, 1872: synonym of Lucapinella delicata Usticke, 1969
• Lucapinella hassleri Pérez Farfante, 1943: synonym of Lucapinella henseli (Martens, 1900)
• Lucapinella talanteia Olsson & Harbison, 1953: synonym of Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850)

References

• McLean J.H. (1967) West American species of Lucapinella. The Veliger 9(3): 349-352.
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.