Puncturella similis
Puncturella similis | |
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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 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
- ↑ Puncturella similis Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
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