Misplaced Pages

Maurea punctulata

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Calliostoma punctulatum) Species of gastropod

Maurea punctulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Calliostomatidae
Genus: Maurea
Species: M. punctulata
Binomial name
Maurea punctulata
(Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
List
  • Calliostoma (Maurea) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
  • Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
  • Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum stewartianum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
  • Calliostoma (Mauriella) wanganuicum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926
  • Calliostoma punctulatum (Martyn, 1784)
  • Calliostoma punctulatum urbanior (Finlay, 1926)
  • Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
  • Trochus diaphanus Gmelin, 1791
  • Trochus punctulatus Martyn, 1784
  • Turbo grandineus Valenciennes, 1846
  • Turbo pulcherrimus Noodt, 1819
  • Turbo pulcherrimus Röding 1798:
  • Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
  • Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926
  • Venustas punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
  • Venustas punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926

Maurea punctulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 41.7 mm.

Its fossil range is from the Quaternary. Maurea is a predator on sessile prey.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (June 2021)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881011 on 2018-12-28
  • Oliver, W. R. B. (1926). New Zealand Species of Calliostoma. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17: 107–115.
  • Marshall, B.A., 1995. A Revision of the Recent Calliostoma Species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4): 83-127

External links

Taxon identifiers
Maurea punctulata


This Calliostomatidae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: