Puncturella similis

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Puncturella similis
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Shell of Puncturella similis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. similis
Binomial name
Puncturella similis
Warén & Bouchet, 2009 [1]

Puncturella similis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. ↑ Puncturella similis Warén & Bouchet, 2009 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.


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