Puncturella antillana

Puncturella antillana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Puncturella antillana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
Family:
Fissurellidae
Genus:
Puncturella
Species:
P. antillana
Binomial name
Puncturella antillana
Synonyms
  • Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947

Description

The size of the shell reaches 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba, the Virgin Islands, St Thomas, Martinique and Brazil; on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.

References
  1. Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93–148
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340198 on 2020-09-24
  • "Cranopsis antillana". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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