Puncturella expansa

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  • Cranopsis expansa (Dall, 1896)
  • Rimula expansa Dall, 1896 (original combination)

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Puncturella expansa, common name the broad puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella expansa (Dall, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575133 on 2020-09-24

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 40 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California, Mexico to Panama; off the Galápagos Islands

References

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  • Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.