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Banded chink shell - Lacuna vincta - General information

Lacuna vincta

Image Zoe Cairns - The banded chink snail Lacuna vincta on kelp. Image width ca 50 cm.
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Distribution map

Lacuna vincta recorded (dark blue bullet) and expected (light blue bullet) distribution in Britain and Ireland (see below)

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Lacuna vincta is not listed under any importance categories.

General information

Key Icon Researched by: Angus Jackson Text page icon Refereed by: Dr John Grahame

Taxonomy icon Taxonomy

Phylum Mollusca Snails, slugs, mussels, cockles, clams & squid
Class Gastropoda Snails, slugs & sea butterflies
Map icon Recorded distribution in Britain and Ireland Found on all British and Irish coasts.
Habitat information icon Habitat information Commonly found near the low tide level or in shallow water on seaweed. Often common on Fucus serratus and dense red seaweed turf. Inhabits a wide variety of coastlines but requires the shelter of crevices or dense weed in more exposed areas.
Text page icon Description A common, small sea snail with a distinctly conical shape. Generally a pale horn-colour becoming purplish towards the apex. Brown bands on whorls quite characteristic but sometimes faint or absent. Up to 12 mm high and 5 mm wide.

This review can be cited as follows:

Angus Jackson 2007. Lacuna vincta. Banded chink shell. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. [cited 22/05/2013]. Available from: <http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesfullreview.php?speciesID=3604>