Puncturella spirigera

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| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Puncturella spirigera (holotype)

| taxon = Puncturella spirigera

| authority = Thiele, 1912

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Puncturella spirigera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.{{WRMS species|197432|Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912||19 April 2010}}

Taxonomy

Arnaud (1972) placed this species in synonymy of the widespread Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841) but this was rebutted by Dell (1990: 76).

Description

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Davis Sea.

References

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  • Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
  • Engl, W. (2012). Shells of Antarctica. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp.