Puncturella pseudanaloga

Puncturella pseudanaloga is a minute species of deepwater keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.

Puncturella pseudanaloga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. pseudanaloga
Binomial name
Puncturella pseudanaloga
Powell, 1957

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island.

Habitat

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This keyhole limpet is found at depths of about 70 m.

References

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  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1