Puncturella

Puncturella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Emarginulinae
Genus: Puncturella
R. T. Lowe, 1827[1]
Type species
Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771
Synonyms[2]
  • Cemoria Risso, 1826 [ex Leach MS]
  • Cremoria [Gray, 1842] (incorrect subsequent spelling of Cemoria)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) A. Adams, 1860
  • Puncturella (Puncturella)
  • Puncturella (Rimulanax) Iredale, 1924
  • Puncturella (Vacerrena) Iredale, 1958
  • Sipho T. Brown, 1827
  • Vacerra Iredale, 1924 (invalid: junior homonym of Vacerra Godman, 1900 [Lepidoptera]; Vacerrena is a replacement name)

Puncturella is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2]

Species

Species in this genus include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Lowe R. T. (1827). Zool. Journ. 3(9): 77.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gofas, S. (2011). Puncturella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2011-01-25
  3. Gofas, S. (2010). Puncturella R.T. Lowe, 1827. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2010-06-17
  4. Gastropods.com : Puncturella (Puncturella) pseudanalogica; accessed : 25 January 2011
  5. Gastropods.com : Puncturella analoga; accessed : 25 January 2011
  6. Gastropods.com : Puncturella (Puncturella) demissa demissa; accessed : 25 January 2011