Puncturella erecta

Puncturella erecta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Fissurellidae
Genus:	Puncturella
Species:	P. erecta
Binomial name
	Puncturella erecta; Dall, 1889
Synonyms
	Cranopsis erecta (Dall, 1889); Puncturella (Cranopsis) erecta Dall, 1889 (basionym); Puncturella hendersoni Dall, 1927;

Puncturella erecta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.^[2]

Description

The size of the shell reaches 15 mm.

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico.

'^ Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1–492, pls. 10–40
^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella erecta Dall, 1889. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766623 on 2020-09-24

Dall, W. H. 1927. Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2668): 1–11
Dall, W. H. 1927. Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer 'Albatross' in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70(2667): 1–134

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