Puncturella solis

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Puncturella solis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Zeidorinae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. solis
Binomial name
Puncturella solis
Beck, 1996 [1]

Puncturella solis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. [2] [3] They can be found in the Manus Back Arc Basin in Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea. Puncturella solis are considered critically endangered. [4]

References

  1. Beck L.A. (1996) Morphology and anatomy of new species of neolepetopsid, acmaeid, fissurellid and pyropeltid limpets from Edison Seamount off Lihir Islands (West Pacific). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 125: 87-103. (15 January 1996). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Puncturella solis Beck, 1996. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=510042 on 2012-12-31
  3. Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)
  4. "Puncturella solis". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 2025-12-15.