Puncturella

Puncturella is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]

Puncturella
Puncturella noachina shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Puncturella
R. T. Lowe, 1827[1]
Type species
Patella noachina
Linnaeus, 1771
Synonyms[2]
  • Cemoria Risso, 1826 [ex Leach MS]
  • Cranopsis A. Adams, 1860
  • Cremoria Gray, 1842 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Cemoria)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) Adams, 1860
  • Puncturella (Puncturella)
  • Puncturella (Rimulanax) Iredale, 1924 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Sipho T. Brown, 1827

Species

Species in this genus include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References
  1. Lowe R. T. (1827). Zool. Journ. 3(9): 77.
  2. Gofas, S. (2011). Puncturella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2011-01-25
  3. Gofas, S. (2010). Puncturella R.T. Lowe, 1827. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2010-06-17
  4. "Puncturella (Puncturella) pseudanalogica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
  5. Gastropods.com : Puncturella analoga; accessed : 25 January 2011 Archived 16 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Gastropods.com : Puncturella (Puncturella) demissa demissa; accessed : 25 January 2011
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Herbert D.G. (1991). Foraminiferivory in a Puncturella (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 57: 127-140.
  • McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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