Puncturella kesteveni

Puncturella kesteveni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Fissurelloidea
Family:Fissurellidae
Genus:Puncturella
Species: P. kesteveni
Binomial name
Puncturella kesteveni
Hedley, 1900
Synonyms
  • Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904
  • Vacerra demissa (Hedley, 1904)
  • Vacerra demissa menda Iredale, 1924

Puncturella kesteveni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=689302 on 2012-12-31
  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.


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