Puncturella

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Puncturella |image = Puncturella Noachina (Sowerby).jpg |image_caption = ''Puncturella noachina'' shell |authority = R. T. Lowe, 1827<ref>Lowe R. T. (1827). ''Zool. Journ.'' '''3'''(9): 77.</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> |synonyms = * ''Cemoria'' Risso, 1826 [ex Leach MS] * ''Cranopsis'' A. Adams, 1860 * ''Cremoria'' Gray, 1842 (incorrect subsequent spelling of ''Cemoria'') * ''Puncturella (Cranopsis)'' Adams, 1860 * ''Puncturella (Puncturella)'' * ''Puncturella (Rimulanax)'' Iredale, 1924 (taxon inquirendum) * ''Sipho'' T. Brown, 1827 |type_species= ''Patella noachina'' |type_species_authority= Linnaeus, 1771 |display_parents= 3 }}

'''''Puncturella''''' is a genus of minute deepwater keyhole limpets, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>

==Species== Species in this genus include:<ref>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</ref> {{div col|colwidth=20em}} * ''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 <ref>{{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=21284|title=''Puncturella (Puncturella) pseudanalogica''|access-date=25 January 2011}}</ref> * ''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 III, 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 {{div col end}}

;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:<ref>[http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_30515.shtml Gastropods.com : Puncturella analoga; accessed : 25 January 2011] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616133353/http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_30515.shtml |date=16 June 2011 }}</ref> 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:<ref>[http://www.gastropods.com/2/Shell_15822.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Puncturella (Puncturella) demissa demissa''; accessed : 25 January 2011]</ref> 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== {{Reflist}} * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. 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== {{Commons category}} * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339153 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] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50455192 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] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 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.] * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2320773 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]

Category:Fissurellidae Category:Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe