Peculator (gastropod)

Peculator; Temporal range: Lower Miocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Peculator ; Iredale, 1924
Type species
	Peculator verconisIredale, 1924;
Species
	See text

Last updated September 26, 2025

Peculator is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, one family of mitres.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Peculator include:

Peculator baccatus Cernohorsky, 1980
Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905)
Peculator obconicus (Powell, 1952)
Peculator porphyria (Verco, 1896)
Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924

References

↑ WoRMS (2013). Peculator Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449937 on 2014-03-02

Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae
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[WoRMS-1] WoRMS (2013). Peculator Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449937 on 2014-03-02

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