Deep-Sea taxon details
Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827
138015 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138015)
accepted
Genus
Puncturella (Cranopsis) A. Adams, 1860 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sipho T. Brown, 1827 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883
- Species Puncturella antillana Pérez Farfante, 1947
- Species Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
- Species Puncturella brychia R. B. Watson, 1883
- Species Puncturella capensis Thiele, 1919
- Species Puncturella conica (A. d'Orbigny, 1841)
- Species Puncturella erecta Dall, 1889
- Species Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771)
- Species Puncturella parvinobilis Okutani, Fujikura & T. Sasaki, 1993
- Species Puncturella plecta R. B. Watson, 1883
- Species Puncturella rimaizenaensis Okutani, Fujikura & T. Sasaki, 1993
- Species Puncturella solis L. A. Beck, 1996
- Species Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912
- Subgenus Puncturella (Cranopsis) A. Adams, 1860 accepted as Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Puncturella (Cranopsis) alicei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Profundisepta alicei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
- Species Puncturella (Cranopsis) asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882) accepted as Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882) accepted as Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Puncturella alicei Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897 accepted as Profundisepta alicei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897) (original combination)
- Species Puncturella craticia R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Cranopsis asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882) accepted as Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882) (unavailable name: introduced in synonymy and never used as valid)
- Species Puncturella granulata (G. Seguenza, 1863) accepted as Cranopsis granulata (G. Seguenza, 1863)
- Species Puncturella profundi Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Profundisepta profundi (Jeffreys, 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Puncturella sportella R. B. Watson, 1883 accepted as Profundisepta sportella (R. B. Watson, 1883) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Puncturella voraginosa D. G. Herbert & Kilburn, 1986 accepted as Profundisepta voraginosa (D. G. Herbert & Kilburn, 1986) (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lowe, R. T. (1827). On <i>Balanus punctatus</i>, <i>Puncturella flemingii</i>, together with some corrections relative to <i>Turbo carneus</i>, and some of the <i>Chiton</i> before described. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 76-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339153
page(s): 77 [details]
page(s): 77 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2026-04-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138015 on 2026-04-16
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original description
Lowe, R. T. (1827). On <i>Balanus punctatus</i>, <i>Puncturella flemingii</i>, together with some corrections relative to <i>Turbo carneus</i>, and some of the <i>Chiton</i> before described. <em>Zoological Journal.</em> 3: 76-80., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339153
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Sipho T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): index p. ii, and pl. 36; note: spelled Sypho on the plate caption, corrected to Sipho in the errata following the preface [details]
basis of record Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
ecology source Herbert D.G. (1991). Foraminiferivory in a <i>Puncturella</i> (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 57: 127-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/57.1.127 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 77 [details]
original description (of Sipho T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): index p. ii, and pl. 36; note: spelled Sypho on the plate caption, corrected to Sipho in the errata following the preface [details]
basis of record Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) <i>Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue.</i> Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350432257_Marine_and_brackish-water_Gastropoda_of_Russia_and_adjacent_countries_an_illustrated_catalogue
page(s): 26 [details]
additional source Korobkov I.A. (1955). <i>Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie.</i> [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. <em>Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat.</em> 795 pp.
page(s): 83 [details]
additional source McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), <i>Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160., available online at https://books.google.fr/books?id=MMdJAQAAIAAJ [details]
ecology source Herbert D.G. (1991). Foraminiferivory in a <i>Puncturella</i> (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 57: 127-129., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/57.1.127 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puncturella)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To ITIS
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (1 trait)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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