Deep-Sea taxon details
Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912
197432 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:197432)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Thiele, J. (1912). Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse.</em> 13, Zoologie 5(2): 185-285, pls 11-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11631552
page(s): 186, pl. 11, figs 4-10 [details]
page(s): 186, pl. 11, figs 4-10 [details]
Type locality contained in Davis Sea
type locality contained in Davis Sea [details]
Taxonomy Arnaud (1972) placed this species in synonymy of the widespread Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841) but this was rebutted...
Taxonomy Arnaud (1972) placed this species in synonymy of the widespread Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841) but this was rebutted by Dell (1990: 76). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197432 on 2026-06-16
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Puncturella spirigera Thiele, 1912. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197432 on 2026-06-16
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Thiele, J. (1912). Die antarktischen Schnecken und Muscheln. <em>Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903, im Auftrage des Reichsamtes des Innern. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse.</em> 13, Zoologie 5(2): 185-285, pls 11-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11631552
page(s): 186, pl. 11, figs 4-10 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu, https://www.zin.ru/publications/explorations/Vol_26(34)_Egorova_1982.pdf
page(s): 10, figs. 68-70 [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
status source Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
page(s): 66-67, 76 [details]
page(s): 186, pl. 11, figs 4-10 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Engl, W. (2012). <i>Shells of Antarctica</i>. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 402 pp. [details]
additional source Egorova, E. (1982). Biological results of the Soviet Antarctic expeditions, 7. Molluscs of the Davis Sea [Егорова Э.Н. Результаты биологических исследований советских антарктических экспедиций. Вып. 7. Моллюски моря Дейвиса (Восточная Антарктика)]. <em>Explorations of the Fauna of the Seas [Исследования фауны морей].</em> 26(34): 1-142 [In Russian]., available online at http://ashipunov.me/shipunov/school/books/egorova1982_moll_morja_dejvisa_ifm_26_34.djvu, https://www.zin.ru/publications/explorations/Vol_26(34)_Egorova_1982.pdf
page(s): 10, figs. 68-70 [details]
additional source Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. <em>Organisms Diversity and Evolution.</em> 3: 207-213., available online at https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/sombase-southern-ocean-mollusc-database-a-tool-for-biogeographic/ [details]
status source Dell, R. K. (1990). Antarctic Mollusca with special reference to the fauna of the Ross Sea. Bulletin of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington 27: 1–311
page(s): 66-67, 76 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Arnaud (1972) placed this species in synonymy of the widespread Puncturella conica (d'Orbigny, 1841) but this was rebutted by Dell (1990: 76). [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puncturella spirigera)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Puncturella spirigera Thiele,1912 Antarctica, South Orkney Islands, West Cumberland...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Puncturella spinigera Thiele, 1912, shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Puncturella spinigera Thiele, 1912, shell, basal view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Puncturella spirigera)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Malacopics (Puncturella spirigera Thiele,1912 Antarctica, South Orkney Islands, West Cumberland...
To NMNH Extant Collection (Puncturella spinigera Thiele, 1912, shell, apical view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Puncturella spinigera Thiele, 1912, shell, basal view)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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