Lacuna Turton 1827 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Parent taxon: Lacuninae according to K. C.. Vaught et al. 1989

See also Addicott 1970 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Stenotis

Subtaxa: Lacuna (Epheria) Lacuna (Medoria) Lacuna (Temanella) Lacuna anomala Lacuna carpenteri Lacuna incrassata Lacuna karreri Lacuna vincta

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greenland (1 collection), Iceland (2), Ireland (1), Italy (1), Japan (1), Mexico (4), the Netherlands (3), United States (52: California, Oregon)

• Pliocene of United States (5: California)

• Miocene of Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Eocene of France (3), the United Kingdom (1)

• Paleocene of Denmark (3), Greenland (1), United States (2: Maryland, Texas)

• Triassic of Italy (2)

Total: 84 collections including 106 occurrences

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