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Banded Chink Shell

Lacuna vincta

Classification

Lacuna vincta, commonly known as northern lacuna, wide lacuna, northern chink shell, or banded chink shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles. It is found intertidally and in shallow waters in both the northern Atlantic Ocean and the northern Pacific Ocean. It is a herbivore, feeding on seaweed and diatoms with its toothed radula.

Distribution

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Netherlands · 177United Kingdom · 170France · 13Belgium · 2Germany · 2Italy · 1