Lucapinella

Lucapinella
Top view of a shell of Lucapinella henseli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginullinae
Tribe:	Fissurellideini
Genus:	Lucapinella Pilsbry, 1890
Type species
Lucapinella callomarginata Dall, W.H., 1871

Lucapinella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Lucapinella include:

• Lucapinella aequalis (G.B. Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapinella callomarginata (Dall, 1871)
• Lucapinella crenifera (G.B. Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapinella delicata Nowell-Usticke, 1969
• Lucapinella elenorae McLean, 1967
• Lucapinella henseli (Martens, 1900)
• Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850)^[2]
• Lucapinella milleri Berry, 1959
• Lucapinella versluysi Dautzenberg, 1900^[3]

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

1. Lucapinella Pilsbry, 1890.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 August 2012.
2. Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
3. Lucapinella versluysi Dautzenberg, 1900.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

• 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.

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