Puncturella
Encyclopedia
Puncturella is a genus
of minute deepwater keyhole limpet
s, marine
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
s in the family
Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of minute deepwater keyhole limpet
Limpet
Limpet is a common name for a number of different kinds of saltwater and freshwater snails ; it is applied to those snails that have a simple shell which is more or less conical in shape, and either is not spirally coiled, or appears not to be coiled in the adult snails.The name limpet is most...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks or micromollusk
Micromollusk
A micromollusk is a descriptive term for a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usually, but not exclusively, applied to marine mollusks, although in addition, numerous species of land snails and freshwater mollusks also reach adult size at very small...
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
Species
Species in this genus include:- Puncturella abyssicolaPuncturella abyssicolaPuncturella abyssicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
A.E. Verrill, 1885 - Puncturella analogaPuncturella analogaPuncturella analoga is a minute species of deepwater keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.-References:...
Martens, 1903 - Puncturella brychiaPuncturella brychiaPuncturella brychia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Watson, 1883 - Puncturella caryophylla Dall, 1914
- Puncturella conicaPuncturella conicaPuncturella conica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Orbigny, 1841) - Puncturella cooperi Carpenter, 1864
- Puncturella demissaPuncturella demissaPuncturella demissa is a species of small keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.-References:* Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
, 1904 - Puncturella enderbyensisPuncturella enderbyensisPuncturella enderbyensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Powell, 1958 - Puncturella galeata (Gould, 1846)
- Puncturella longifissa Dall, 1914
- Puncturella noachinaPuncturella noachinaPuncturella noachina, common name the diluvian puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-References:...
(Linnaeus, 1771) - type species - Puncturella parvinobilis Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
- Puncturella pauper Dall, 1927
- Puncturella picciridaPuncturella picciridaPuncturella piccirida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Palazzi & Villari, 2001 - Puncturella plecta Watson, 1883
- Puncturella pseudanalogaPuncturella pseudanalogaPuncturella pseudanaloga is a minute species of deepwater keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.-Distribution:...
PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1957 - Puncturella punctocostata S. S. Berry, 1947
- Puncturella rimaizenaensis Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
- Puncturella similisPuncturella similisPuncturella similis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Warén & Bouchet, 2009 - Puncturella solis Beck, 1996
- Puncturella spirigeraPuncturella spirigeraPuncturella spirigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
Thiele, 1912
Species brought into synonymy :
- Puncturella alicei (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897) is a synonym for Profundisepta aliceiProfundisepta aliceiProfundisepta alicei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) - Puncturella granulata Seguenza, 1862 is a synonym for Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862
- Puncturella microphyma Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896 is a synonym for Cornisepta microphymaCornisepta microphymaCornisepta microphyma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896) - Puncturella profundi (Jeffreys, 1877) : synonym of Profundisepta profundiProfundisepta profundiProfundisepta profundi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.-Distribution:This species is distributed in the Northern Atlantic Ocean along Iceland and Greenland.-References:...
(Jeffreys, 1877) - Puncturella sportella Watson, 1883 : synonym of Profundisepta sportellaProfundisepta sportellaProfundisepta sportella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets....
(Watson, 1883)