Puncturella asturiana

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Puncturella asturiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. asturiana
Binomial name
Puncturella asturiana
(P. Fischer, 1882)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cranopsis asturiana(P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) asturiana(P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Puncturella asturiana var. altaLocard, 1898
  • Puncturella craticiaR. B. Watson, 1883 (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid)
  • Rimula asturianaP. Fischer, 1882 (original combination)

Puncturella asturiana, common name the hawk puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

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Description

The shell can grow to be 15 mm to 25 mm in length. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (off Spain), the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It lives at a depth of 182 m to 2017 m. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867411 on 2020-09-24
  2. "Cranopsis asturiana". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (29 June 2009). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume I, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN   978-1-60344-094-3.