Peculator verconis

Peculator verconis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]

Peculator verconis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutomitridae
Genus:
Peculator
Species:
P. verconis
Binomial name
Peculator verconis
Iredale, 1924

Description

The size of the shell attains 12 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.

References
  1. Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
  • Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1–190
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Bouchet P. & Kantor Y. 2004. New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502
  • Beechey, D. 2003. Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924
  • "Peculator verconis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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