''Puncturella cucullata'', common name the hooded keyhole limpet, is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Fissurellidae
Fissurellidae, common name the keyhole limpets and slit limpets, is a taxonomic family of limpet-like sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Fissurellidae. Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...
, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella cucullata (Gould, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761645 on 2020-09-24]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 28 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from
Alaska
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to
Baja California
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, Mexico
References
* Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26
* McLean J.H. & Geiger D.L. (1998). New genera and species having the Fissurisepta shell form, with a generic-level phylogenetic analysis (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 475: 1-32
External links
To Encyclopedia of LifeTo GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)To ITISTo World Register of Marine Species*
Fissurellidae
Gastropods described in 1846
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