Laguncula pulchella is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae.
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.
Distribution This marine species occurs off Korea and Japan.
References
Qi Zhongyan. 2004. Seashells of China. China Ocean Press, viii + 418 p., 193 pls. Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls. Saito, H. (2017). Family Naticidae. Pp. 858-866, in: T. Okutani (ed.), Marine Mollusks in Japan, ed. 2. 2 vols. Tokai University Press. 1375 pp.
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