Peculator (gastropod) explained

Peculator is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae, one family of mitres.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Peculator include:

• Peculator baccatus Cernohorsky, 1980
• Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905)
• Peculator obconicus (Powell, 1952)
• Peculator porphyria (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

Notes and References

1. 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