''Peculator'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the superfamily Turbinelloidea.
Distribution
The highest diversity of Volutomitridae is found off the coast of New Caledonia.
Genera
The family Volutomitridae contain ...
, one family of mitres.
[WoRMS (2013). Peculator Iredale, 1924. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=449937 on 2014-03-02]
Species
Species within the genus ''Peculator'' include:
* ''
Peculator baccatus''
Cernohorsky, 1980
* ''
Peculator hedleyi''
(Murdoch, 1905)
* ''
Peculator obconicus''
(Powell
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, 1952)
* ''
Peculator porphyria
''Peculator porphyria'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family
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''
(Verco, 1896)
* ''
Peculator verconis''
Iredale, 1924
References
*
Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
* Y. Kantor, 2010, Checklist of Recent Volutomitridae
GBIF
Volutomitridae
Extant Miocene first appearances
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