Puncturella noachina

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Puncturella noachina
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Puncturella noachina shell
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. noachina
Binomial name
Puncturella noachina
(Linnaeus, 1771)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cremoria princepsMighels & Adams, 1842
  • Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771

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

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