Puncturella analoga

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Puncturella analoga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species: P. analoga
Binomial name
Puncturella analoga
Martens, 1903

Puncturella analoga is a minute species of deepwater keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Chatham Rise.

[edit] Habitat

This keyhole limpet is found at depths of about 660 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is small, tall conical, very coarsely sculptured with 23 primary ribs, between each of which a secondary one develops towards the margin.

The shell height is up to 2.9 mm, width up to 3.6 mm, and length up to 5 mm.

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