Puncturella pseudanaloga

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Puncturella pseudanaloga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. pseudanaloga
Binomial name
Puncturella pseudanaloga
Powell, 1957

Puncturella pseudanaloga is a minute species of deepwater keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Distribution[edit]

This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island.

Habitat[edit]

This keyhole limpet is found at depths of about 70 m.

References[edit]

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1