Lacuna vincta | The Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland

<em>Lacuna vincta</em> (Montagu, 1803)

Lacuna vincta. Typically four spiral bands on final whorl, but often merge into fewer broader bands, as on largest specimen in image. Two rings of L. vincta spawn. (Rissoa parva top right). Sublittoral, -5m, Loch Carron, Scotland.

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George Brown

Lacuna vincta consuming stipe of Laminaria. Very common in N. Britain, often destroying large amounts of algae. Typically four spiral bands on final whorl, but often merge into fewer broader bands. Sublittoral, -5m, Loch Carron, Scotland.

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George Brown

Lacuna vincta. Distinctive rings of spawn may be yellow, pink or green. Sublittoral, -5m, Loch Carron, Scotland.

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George Brown

Lacuna vincta. Anterior of head and foot. Left cephalic tentacle lying across white chink-shape umbilicus. Two smaller metapodial tentacles at rear of foot. Horny periostracum extends beyond edge of aperture. Menai Strait, Wales. Febuary 2011.

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I.F. Smith

Lacuna vincta. Upper foot grey, sole white. Cephalic tentacles with eye on thickened base. Horny periostracum extends beyond edge of aperture. Menai Strait, Wales. Febuary 2011.

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I.F. Smith

Lacuna vincta. Long cephalic tentacles. Two smaller metapodial tentacles on rear of foot. Menai Strait, Wales. Febuary 2011.

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I.F.Smith https://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/collections/

Lacuna vincta

Taxon version key

[NBNSYS0000175977]

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Taxonomic group

Marine snail

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Relatively delicate shell up to about 10mm high.

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