Puncturella expansa
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| authority = (Dall, 1896)
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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.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7733212 Dall W.H. (1896). Diagnoses of new species of mollusks from the west coast of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 18 [1895]: 7-20.]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594467 World Register of Marine Species]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=6|id=8366|title=Cranopsis expansa|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1896
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