Laguncula pulchella
Species of gastropod
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Laguncula pulchella is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae.
| Laguncula pulchella | |
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| Shell of Laguncula pulchella (holotype at the Natural History Museum, London) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Laguncula |
| Species: | L. pulchella |
| Binomial name | |
| Laguncula pulchella Benson, 1842 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is whitish-glaucous (pale greenish-blue) and ovate-globose (ovoid and somewhat spherical). It is furnished with convex whorls. The surface shows a decussate (cross-hatched) sculpture, which consists of slightly elevated longitudinal lines and oblique lines. The sutures are impressed. The aperture is decorated internally with a broad, pale chestnut band. The columella is of the same color internally.[2]
