Peculator verconis
| Peculator verconis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Peculator |
| Species: | P. verconis |
| Binomial name | |
| Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924 | |
Peculator verconis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 12 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.
References
- ^ Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1–190
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Bouchet P. & Kantor Y. 2004. New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502
External links
- Beechey, D. 2003. Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924
- "Peculator verconis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.