Puncturella pelex explained

Puncturella pelex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^{[1] [2]}

The epithet uses the Greek word for "helmet".

Description

The shell reaches a size of 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and in the East China Sea.

References

• Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2020). The Fissurellidae from the Philippines with the description of 26 new species. Visaya. suppl. 13: 1-131

External links

• Adams A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 3, 5: 299-303 [April 1860]; 405-413
• Cunha T.J., Lemer S., Bouchet P., Kano Y. & Giribet G. (2019). Putting keyhole limpets on the map: phylogeny and biogeography of the globally distributed marine family Fissurellidae (Vetigastropoda, Mollusca). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 135: 249-269
• Encyclopedia of Life
• World Register of Marine Species

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella pelex (A. Adams, 1860). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340228 on 2020-09-24
2. 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