†subfamily Lacuninae Gray 1857 (periwinkle)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae

Parent taxon: Littorinidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Ponder and Warén 1988

Sister taxa: Cenchritis, Dissochilus, Echinininae, Echinolittorina, Eulimene, Gouetina, Laevilitorina, Laevilitorininae, Littoraria, Littorina, Littorininae, Melarhaphe, Mirolacuna, Neritrema, Nodilittorina, Peasiella, Praelittorina, Procancellaria, Risella, Risellopsis, Rissellinae, Tectariinae, Tectarius, Hallstadtia, Heterospira

Subtaxa: Lacuna Stenotis

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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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