Puncturella granulata

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  • Cranopsis granulata Seguenza, 1862 (original combination)
  • Puncturella (Cranopsis) granulata (Seguenza, 1863)
  • Puncturella tuberculata R. B. Watson, 1883 (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid)
  • Puncturella watsoni Dall, 1889
  • Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862

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Puncturella granulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella granulata (Seguenza, 1863). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437216 on 2020-09-24

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2.5 mm and 8 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and from the Florida Keys, USA to the Antilles and Brazil

References

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  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 57
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
  • [http://www.iobis.org/ Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)]