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Puncturella asturiana

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Species of gastropod

Puncturella asturiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species: P. asturiana
Binomial name
Puncturella asturiana
(P. Fischer, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
  • Puncturella asturiana var. alta Locard, 1898
  • Puncturella craticia R. B. Watson, 1883 (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid)
  • Rimula asturiana P. Fischer, 1882 (original combination)

Puncturella asturiana, common name the hawk puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.

Description

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The shell can grow to be 15 mm to 25 mm in length.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters (off Spain), the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. It lives at a depth of 182 m to 2017 m.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867411 on 2020-09-24
  2. "Cranopsis asturiana". www.gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  3. Felder, Darryl L.; Camp, David K. (29 June 2009). Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota: Volume I, Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press. ISBN 978-1-60344-094-3.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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Taxon identifiers
Puncturella asturiana


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