Biology:Peculator hedleyi

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Peculator hedleyi
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Scientific classification
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Mollusca
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P. hedleyi
Binomial name
Peculator hedleyi
(Murdoch, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Mitra bicornis Laws, 1936 ·
  • Vexillum hedleyi R. Murdoch, 1905
  • Vulpecula (Pusia) hedleyi Murdoch, 1905
  • Vulpecula hedleyi Murdoch, 1905

Peculator hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. [1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450661 on 2023-03-30
  • MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450661 on 2023-03-30
  • Ponder, W.F. (1972). The morphology of some mitriform gastropods with special reference to their alimentary and reproductive systems (Neogastropoda). Malacologia 11: 295–342.
  • Bouchet P.; Kantor Y. (2004). New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity. 1(4): 467-502
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2893009 entry