Lucapina

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

Lucapina
A shell of Lucapina suffusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Emarginullinae
Tribe:	Fissurellideini
Genus:	Lucapina Sowerby, 1835

Species

Species within the genus Lucapina include:

• Lucapina adspersa (Philippi, 1845)[2]
• Lucapina aegis (Reeve, 1850)[3]
• Lucapina elisae Costa & Simone, 2006[4]
• Lucapina eolis Pérez Farfante, 1945[5]
• Lucapina philippiana (Finlay, 1930)[6]
• Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)[7]
• Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850)[8]

Species brought into synonymy

• Lucapina adspersa auct. non Philippi, 1845: synonym of Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina cayenensis Lamarck, 1822: synonym of Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck, 1822)
• Lucapina elegans Sowerby, 1835: synonym of Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina fasciata Dall, 1884: synonym of Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby, 1835)
• Lucapina harrassowitzi Ihering, 1927: synonym of Diodora harrassowitzi (Ihering, 1927)
• Lucapina itapema Ihering, 1927: synonym of Fissurella rosea (Gmelin, 1791)
• Lucapina limatula Reeve, 1850:[9] synonym of Lucapinella limatula (Reeve, 1850)
• Lucapina meta Ihering, 1927: synonym of Diodora meta (Ihering, 1927)
• Lucapina monilifera Hutton, 1873: synonym of Monodilepas monilifera (Hutton, 1873)
• Lucapina textaranea Olsson & Harbison, 1953 : synonym of Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850)
• Lucapina tobagoensis Pérez Farfante, 1945: synonym of Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850)

References

1. Lucapina Sowerby, 1835. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 04/19/10.
2. Lucapina adspersa (Philippi, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
3. Lucapina aegis (Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
4. Lucapina elisae Costa & Simone, 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
5. Lucapina eolis Pérez Farfante, 1945. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
6. Lucapina philippiana (Finlay, 1930). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
7. Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby I, 1835). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
8. Lucapina suffusa (Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
9. Lucapina limatula Reeve, 1850. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.