Description
Family Fissurellidae
Shell with a dorsal opening at or near the apex , or with a slight indentation at the anterior margin (such an indentation is present only in the rare and subtidal Arginula bella; it marks the place where a groove on the interior of the shell, beginning at the apex, reaches the margin )
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,804 meters (0 to -9,199 feet).Mean = -807.000 meters (-2,647.638 feet), Standard Deviation = 744.930 based on 47 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Salvini-Plawen, 1980
- Order:
Vetigastropoda
()
- Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
()
- C.a. Fleming, 1822
- Family:
Fissurellidae
()
- Fleming, 1822
- Keyhole Limpets
- Subfamily:
Emarginulinae
()
- Genus:
Puncturella
()
- (Gould, 1846)
- Specific name:
spirigera
- Thiele, 1912
- Scientific name: - Puncturella spirigera
- Specific name:
spirigera
- Thiele, 1912
- Genus:
Puncturella
(
- Subfamily:
Emarginulinae
(
- Family:
Fissurellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Fissurelloidea
(
- Order:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Superorder:
Vetigastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Puncturella
There are approximately 55 species in this genus:
P. abyssicola · P. acuminata · P. aethiopica · P. aethiopica von · P. agger · P. analoga · P. analoga von · P. antillana · P. asturiana (Atlantic Puncturella) · P. billsae · P. borroi · P. brychia · P. capensis · P. caryophylla (Clove Puncturella) · P. christiaensi · P. circularis · P. conica · P. cooperi · P. cucullata (Hood Puncturella) · P. decorata (Painted Puncturella) · P. demissa · P. dorcas · P. erecta (Erect Puncturella) · P. expansa · P. fastigiata · P. galeata (Helmet Puncturella) · P. galerita · P. harrisoni · P. kesteveni · P. larva · P. longifissa (Long-Slot Puncturella) · P. major (Great Puncturella) · P. multistriata (Many-Ribbed Puncturella) · P. noachina (Diluvian Puncturella) · P. nobilis · P. oxia · P. pacifica · P. parvinobilis · P. pauper · P. pelex · P. pileolus · P. plecta · P. princeps · P. profundi · P. pseudanaloga · P. punctocostata (Dot-Rib Puncturella) · P. rimaizenaensis · P. rothi · P. sinensis · P. solis · P. spirigera · P. sportella · P. tenuicola · P. trifolium · P. voraginosa
Bibliography
- Thiele, J. (1912): Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln, ser. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903 (Drygalski, E.v. ed.), vol. 8, No. 5, Georg Reimer, Berlin
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:
- British Antarctic Survey, SOMBASE
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1924390
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14886009
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 857719
