Peculator (gastropod)

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Peculator
Temporal range: Bartonianrecent [1]
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Peculator hedleyi, a member of the genus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Peculator
Iredale, 1924
Type species
Peculator verconisIredale, 1924
Species

10 extant species (see text)

Peculator is a genus of sea snails in the family Volutomitridae, [2] [3] [1] one family of mitres.

Contents

They are known from waters of New Zealand, Australia, and the Malay Archipelago. [3]

Species

There are ten recognized extant species within the genus Peculator: [2]

Species only known from the fossil record include the following: [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Peculator Iredale 1924". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Peculator Iredale, 1924". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Peculator Iredale, 1924". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Peculator cassida (Tate, 1889) †". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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