Biology:Puncturella expansa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Puncturella expansa | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Fissurellidae |
Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
Genus: | Puncturella |
Species: | P. expansa
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Binomial name | |
Puncturella expansa (Dall, 1896)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Puncturella expansa, common name the broad puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico to Panama; off the Galápagos Islands
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella expansa (Dall, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575133 on 2020-09-24
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
- Dall W.H. (1896). Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the west coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 18 [1895]: 7-20.
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Cranopsis expansa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_8366.shtml.
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