# Puncturella larva

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|taxon = Puncturella larva
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|authority = ([Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1927)<ref>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</ref>
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|synonyms =
* ''Cranopsis larva'' <small>(Dall, 1927)</small>
* ''Emarginula (Rimula) larva'' <small>Dall, 1927</small> (basionym)
* ''Emarginula (Rimula) larva'' <small>[Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall), 1927</small> (original combination)
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'''''Puncturella  larva''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a [marine](/source/marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Fissurellidae](/source/Fissurellidae), the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella larva (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340221 on 2020-09-24</ref>

==Taxonomy==
The species was originally described by the American [malacologist](/source/malacology) [William Healey Dall](/source/William_Healey_Dall) in 1927 as ''Emarginula'' (''Rimula'') ''larva'', in his account of small shells dredged off the southeastern United States by the fisheries steamer ''Albatross''.<ref name="Dall1927"/> It was later transferred to the genus ''[Puncturella](/source/Puncturella)''. The genus ''[Cranopsis](/source/Cranopsis_(gastropod))'', under which the species has also been listed (as ''Cranopsis larva''), was synonymised with ''Puncturella'' by Cunha and colleagues in 2019.<ref name="Cunha2019"/>

==Description==
The size of the shell reaches 3&nbsp;mm.
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==Distribution==
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), USA.

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Dall1927">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.</ref>
<ref name="Cunha2019">Cunha, T. J.; Lemer, S.; Bouchet, P.; Kano, Y.; Giribet, G. (2019). "Putting keyhole limpets on the map: phylogeny and biogeography of the globally distributed marine family Fissurellidae (Vetigastropoda, Mollusca)". ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 135: 249–269. {{doi|10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.008}}</ref>
}}

==External links==
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453 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(18): 1-134]
* [http://www.eol.org/pages/19661130 Encyclopedia of Life]
* [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532669 World Register of Marine Species]

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Category:Puncturella
Category:Gastropods described in 1927
Category:Taxa named by William Healey Dall

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