Puncturella nana

Puncturella christiaensi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2][3]

Puncturella nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Genus: Puncturella
Species:
P. nana
Binomial name
Puncturella nana
Kilburn, 1978[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cemoria nana Adams, 1872 (original combination)
  • Fissurisepta joschristiaensis Drivas & Jay, 1985
  • Puncturella (Vacerrena) christiaensi Kilburn, 1978
  • Puncturella christiaensi Kilburn, 1978

References
  1. Kilburn R.N. (1978). The Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum 23(2):431453.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2012-12-31.
  2. WoRMS (2012). Puncturella christiaensi Kilburn, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=572196 on 2012-12-31
  3. Herbert D.G. & Kilburn R.N. (1986). Taxonomic studies on the Emarginulinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fissurellidae) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Emarginula, Emarginella, Puncturella, Fissurisepta, and Rimula. South Africa Journal of Zoology 21(1):1-27.
  • Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. (2000) Check-list of Red Sea mollusca. Spirula, 47(supplement), 1-46.


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