Puncturella

Puncturella
Puncturella noachina shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Fissurelloidea
Family:	Fissurellidae
Subfamily:	Zeidorinae
Genus:	Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827
Type species
Patella noachina Linnaeus, 1771
Synonyms
Cemoria Risso, 1826 [ex Leach MS] Cranopsis A. Adams, 1860 Cremoria Gray, 1842 (incorrect subsequent spelling of Cemoria) Puncturella (Cranopsis) Adams, 1860 Puncturella (Puncturella) Puncturella (Rimulanax) Iredale, 1924 (taxon inquirendum) Sipho T. Brown, 1827

Puncturella is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Species

Species in this genus include:

Species brought into synonymy

• Puncturella aethiopica Martens, 1902: synonym of Rimulanax aethiopica (E. von Martens, 1902) (original combination)
• Puncturella alicei (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897): synonym of Profundisepta alicei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
• Puncturella analoga Martens, 1903: synonym of Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Puncturella asturiana (Fischer, 1882): synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella asturiana var. alta Locard, 1898: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer 1882)
• Puncturella christiaensi Kilburn, 1978: synonym of Puncturella nana (Adams, 1872)
• Puncturella corolla Verco, 1908: synonym of Rimulanax corolla (Verco, 1908) (original combination)
• Puncturella craticia Watson, 1883: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella decorata Cowan & McLean, 1968: synonym of Cranopsis decorata (Cowan & McLean, 1968)
• Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904: synonym of Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900
• Puncturella enderbyensis Powell, 1958: synonym of Fissurisepta enderbyensis (Powell, 1958)
• Puncturella expansa (Dall, 1896): synonym of Cranopsis expansa (Dall, 1896)
• Puncturella fumarium Hedley, 1911: synonym of Fissurisepta fumarium (Hedley, 1911)
• Puncturella granulata Seguenza, 1862: synonym of Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862
• Puncturella henniana Brazier, 1894: synonym of Puncturella harrisoni Beddome, 1883
• Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900: synonym of Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900) (original combination)
• Puncturella microphyma Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896: synonym of Cornisepta microphyma (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
• Puncturella nana (Adams, 1872): synonym of Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
• Puncturella pacifica Cowan, 1969: synonym of Fissurisepta pacifica (Cowan, 1969)
• Puncturella profundi (Jeffreys, 1877): synonym of Profundisepta profundi (Jeffreys, 1877)
• Puncturella sportella Watson, 1883 : synonym of Profundisepta sportella (Watson, 1883)
• Puncturella tuberculata Watson, 1883: synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1863)
• Puncturella voraginosa Herbert & Kilburn, 1986: synonym of Profundisepta voraginosa (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986) (original combination)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947: synonym of Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) asturiana (Fischer, 1882): synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947: synonym of Cranopsis billsae (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) granulata (Seguenza, 1863): synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1863)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) serraticostata Herbert & Kilburn, 1986: synonym of Cranopsis serraticostata (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) tosaensis Habe, 1951: synonym of Cranopsis tosaensis (Habe, 1951)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
• Herbert D.G. (1991). Foraminiferivory in a Puncturella (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 57: 127–140.
• McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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• Lowe R. T. (1827). On Balanus punctatus, Puncturella flemingii, together with some corrections relative to Turbo carenus, and some of the Chiton before described. Zoological Journal 3: 76-80
• Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12
• Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls.
• Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413