Puncturella billsae

Puncturella billsae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Puncturella billsae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. billsae
Binomial name
Puncturella billsae
Synonyms
  • Cranopsis billsae (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell reaches 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea (off Cuba) and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil

References

  1. Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93–148.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761644 on 2020-09-24
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp


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