Puncturella decorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2][3]
| Puncturella decorata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Puncturella |
| Species: | P. decorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Puncturella decorata Cowan & McLean, 1968
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off British Columbia, Canada.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella decorata Cowan & McLean, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588512 on 2020-09-24
- ^ 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
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