Puncturella similis

Puncturella similis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species: P. similis
Binomial name
Puncturella similis
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Puncturella similis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. Puncturella similis Warén & Bouchet, 2009.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.


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