Misplaced Pages

Punctulum wyvillethomsoni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Rissoidae
Genus:	Punctulum
Species:	P. wyvillethomsoni
Binomial name
Punctulum wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877)
Synonyms
Alvania wyvillethomsoni (Friele, 1877)

Punctulum wyvillethomsoni is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in European waters and in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 3.8 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 95 m. Maximum recorded depth is 300 m.

References

1. ^ Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2012). Punctulum wyvillethomsoni. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=423708 on 2012-07-25
2. ^ Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

• Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
• Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo.
• 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

• v
• t
• e

• Rissoidae
• Gastropods described in 1877
• Rissoidae stubs