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Peculator verconis

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Peculator verconis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
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

  1. ^ 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


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