Puncturella billsae
Puncturella billsae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]
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| Species: | P. billsae |
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| Puncturella billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947 [1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell reaches 3.5 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico, in the Caribbean Sea (off Cuba) and in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil
References
- Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic. Johnsonia 2: 93–148.
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761644 on 2020-09-24
- Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp
External links
- "Cranopsis billsae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Pérez Farfante, I. (1947). The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2: 93-148
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