Puncturella Explained

Puncturella is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.^[1]

Species

Species in this genus include:^[2]

• Puncturella abyssicola Verrill, 1885
• Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883
• Puncturella alaris (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella altaparva Poppe & Tagaro, 2020
• Puncturella analoga E. von Martens, 1902
• Puncturella antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947
• Puncturella apostrema (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947
• Puncturella brychia Watson, 1883
• Puncturella canopa (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella capensis Thiele, 1919
• † Puncturella capuliformis (Pecchioli, 1864)
• Puncturella carinifera (Schepman, 1908)
• Puncturella caryophylla Dall, 1914
• Puncturella cearensis (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella columbaris (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Puncturella cooperi Carpenter, 1864
• Puncturella cucullata (Gould, 1846)
• Puncturella cumingii (A. Adams, 1853)
• Puncturella curva Golikov & Gulbin, 1978
• Puncturella decorata Cowan & McLean, 1968
• Puncturella dorcas Kira & Habe, 1951
• Puncturella enigmatica (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella erecta Dall, 1889
• Puncturella expansa (Dall, 1896)
• Puncturella exquisita (A. Adams, 1853)
• Puncturella falklandica (A. Adams, 1863)
• Puncturella fastigiata Adams, 1853
• Puncturella floris (Poppe, Tagaro & Stahlschmidt, 2015)
• Puncturella galeata (Gould, 1846)
• Puncturella galerita Hedley, 1902
• Puncturella gigantea Schepman, 1908
• Puncturella granitesta (Okutani, 1968)
• Puncturella granulata (Seguenza, 1863)
• Puncturella harrisoni Beddome, 1883
• Puncturella hirasei Otuka, 1935
• Puncturella hycavis (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella indica E. A. Smith, 1899
• Puncturella kawamurai Habe, 1961
• Puncturella larva (Dall, 1927)
• Puncturella longifissa Dall, 1914
• Puncturella major Dall, 1891
• Puncturella multistriata Dall, 1914
• Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771) - type species
• Puncturella nobilis (A. Adams, 1860)
• Puncturella nymphalis (Simone & C. Cunha, 2014)
• Puncturella parvinobilis Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
• Puncturella pauper Dall, 1927
• Puncturella pelex (A. Adams, 1860)
• Puncturella piccirida Palazzi & Villari, 2001
• Puncturella pileolus (A. Adams, 1860)
• Puncturella plecta Watson, 1883
• Puncturella pseudanaloga Powell, 1957
• Puncturella punctocostata Berry, 1947
• Puncturella raricostata Golikov & Sirenko, 1980
• Puncturella regia (Shikama & Habe, 1961)
• Puncturella rimaizenaensis Okutani, Fujikura & Sasaki, 1993
• Puncturella rothi McLean, 1984
• Puncturella serraticosta Herbert & Kilburn, 1986
• Puncturella similis Warén & Bouchet, 2009
• Puncturella sinensis Sowerby, 1894
• Puncturella solis Beck, 1996
• Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912
• Puncturella stellasplendida Poppe & Tagaro, 2020
• Puncturella teramachii Kira & Habe, 1949
• Puncturella tosaensis Habe, 1951
• Puncturella verrieri (Crosse, 1871)
• Puncturella volcano Simone & Cunha, 2014

Species brought into synonymy:

• Puncturella aethiopica Martens, 1902: synonym of Rimulanax aethiopica (E. von Martens, 1902) (original combination)
• Puncturella alicei (Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1897): synonym of Profundisepta alicei (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1897)
• Puncturella analoga Martens, 1903:^[3] synonym of Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841)
• Puncturella asturiana (Fischer, 1882): synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella asturiana var. alta Locard, 1898: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer 1882)
• Puncturella christiaensi Kilburn, 1978: synonym of Puncturella nana (Adams, 1872)
• Puncturella corolla Verco, 1908: synonym of Rimulanax corolla (Verco, 1908) (original combination)
• Puncturella craticia Watson, 1883: synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella decorata Cowan & McLean, 1968: synonym of Cranopsis decorata (Cowan & McLean, 1968)
• Puncturella demissa Hedley, 1904:^[4] synonym of Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900
• Puncturella enderbyensis Powell, 1958: synonym of Fissurisepta enderbyensis (Powell, 1958)
• Puncturella expansa (Dall, 1896): synonym of Cranopsis expansa (Dall, 1896)
• Puncturella fumarium Hedley, 1911: synonym of Fissurisepta fumarium (Hedley, 1911)
• Puncturella granulata Seguenza, 1862: synonym of Rimula granulata Seguenza, 1862
• Puncturella henniana Brazier, 1894: synonym of Puncturella harrisoni Beddome, 1883
• Puncturella kesteveni Hedley, 1900: synonym of Vacerrena kesteveni (Hedley, 1900) (original combination)
• Puncturella microphyma Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896: synonym of Cornisepta microphyma (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
• Puncturella nana (Adams, 1872): synonym of Vacerrena nana (H. Adams, 1872)
• Puncturella pacifica Cowan, 1969: synonym of Fissurisepta pacifica (Cowan, 1969)
• Puncturella profundi (Jeffreys, 1877): synonym of Profundisepta profundi (Jeffreys, 1877)
• Puncturella sportella Watson, 1883 : synonym of Profundisepta sportella (Watson, 1883)
• Puncturella tuberculata Watson, 1883: synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1863)
• Puncturella voraginosa Herbert & Kilburn, 1986: synonym of Profundisepta voraginosa (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986) (original combination)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947: synonym of Cranopsis antillana (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) asturiana (Fischer, 1882): synonym of Cranopsis asturiana (Fischer, 1882)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) billsae Pérez Farfante, 1947: synonym of Cranopsis billsae (Pérez Farfante, 1947)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) granulata (Seguenza, 1863): synonym of Cranopsis granulata (Seguenza, 1863)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) serraticostata Herbert & Kilburn, 1986: synonym of Cranopsis serraticostata (Herbert & Kilburn, 1986)
• Puncturella (Cranopsis) tosaensis Habe, 1951: synonym of Cranopsis tosaensis (Habe, 1951)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
• Herbert D.G. (1991). Foraminiferivory in a Puncturella (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 57: 127–140.
• McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

External links

• Lowe R. T. (1827). On Balanus punctatus, Puncturella flemingii, together with some corrections relative to Turbo carenus, and some of the Chiton before described. Zoological Journal 3: 76-80
• Risso A. (1826). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, vol. 4. Paris: Levrault. vii + 439 pp., pls 1-12
• Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls.
• Adams, A. (1860). On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 5: 299-303 [1 April 1860]; 405-413

Notes and References

1. Gofas, S. (2011). Puncturella. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2011-01-25
2. Gofas, S. (2010). Puncturella R.T. Lowe, 1827. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2010-06-17
3. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_30515.shtml Gastropods.com : Puncturella analoga; accessed : 25 January 2011
4. http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_15822.shtml Gastropods.com : Puncturella (Puncturella) demissa demissa; accessed : 25 January 2011