Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Fissurelloidea > Family Fissurellidae > Subfamily Zeidorinae

Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cemoria*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Puncturella (Cranopsis)*	A. Adams, 1860	synonym
*Sipho*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Children

Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883
Puncturella asturiana (P. Fischer, 1882)
Puncturella fornicata Locard, 1898
Puncturella noachina (Linnaeus, 1771)
Puncturella picciridda Palazzi & Villari, 2001
Puncturella plecta R. B. Watson, 1883

Literature

original description	Lowe, R. T. (1827). On Balanus punctatus, Puncturella flemingii, together with some corrections relative to Turbo carneus, and some of the Chiton before described. Zoological Journal. 3: 76-80.
basis of record	Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
additional source	Korobkov I.A. (1955). Spravochnik i metodicheskoe rukovodstvo po tretichnym molliuskam. Briukhonogie. [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs. Gastropoda]. Leningrad: Gostoptekhizdat. 795 pp.
additional source	McLean J.H. (1996). The Prosobranchia. In: Blake, J.A., & P.H. Scott (eds.), Taxonomic Atlas of the Benthic Fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and Western Santa Barbara Channel. The Mollusca Part 2 – The Gastropoda. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. volume 9: 1-160.
ecology source	Herbert D.G. (1991). Foraminiferivory in a Puncturella (Gastropoda: Fissurellidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 57: 127-140.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella R. T. Lowe, 1827. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138015