# Puncturella similis

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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|image =Puncturella similis (MNHN-IM-2000-20049).jpeg
|image_caption = Shell of ''Puncturella similis'' (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
|taxon = Puncturella similis
|authority = [Warén](/source/Anders_Herman_War%C3%A9n) & [Bouchet](/source/Philippe_Bouchet), 2009<ref name="Warén 2009">Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". ''Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography'' '''56'''(23): 2326–2349. {{doi|10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013}}</ref>
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'''''Puncturella similis''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Fissurellidae](/source/Fissurellidae), the keyhole limpets.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|458601|''Puncturella similis'' Warén & Bouchet, 2009||19 April 2010}}</ref>

==Description==
The length of the shell attains 5.9 mm.
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==Distribution==
This species occurs at [methane seep](/source/methane_seep)s in deep water off and in the [Congo River](/source/Congo_River),<ref name="Warén 2009"/> These marine gastropod mollusks inhabit the deep benthic zones in that region.

==References==
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* Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326-2349

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Category:Puncturella
Category:Gastropods described in 2009
Category:Taxa named by Anders Herman Warén
Category:Taxa named by Philippe Bouchet

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