Puncturella granulata

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Puncturella granulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. granulata
Binomial name
Puncturella granulata
(Seguenza, 1862)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cranopsis granulata Seguenza, 1862 (original combination)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) granulata(Seguenza, 1863)
  • Puncturella tuberculataR. B. Watson, 1883 (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid)
  • Puncturella watsoniDall, 1889
  • Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862

Puncturella granulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and from the Florida Keys, USA to the Antilles and Brazil

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella granulata (Seguenza, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437216 on 2020-09-24