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

Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Puncturella*	R. T. Lowe, 1827	accepted genus name
*Cemoria*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Puncturella (Cranopsis)*	A. Adams, 1860	synonym
*Sipho*	T. Brown, 1827	synonym

Species group names

*Cranopsis agger*	(R. B. Watson, 1883)	synonym

Literature

original description	Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883].
additional source	Pérez Farfante, I. (1947). The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2: 93-148.
additional source	Hoffman, L.; Freiwald, A. (2023). Species in Fissurellidae (Gastropoda) from the North Atlantic with a focus on the Azorean seamounts. Basteria.87(1): 77-96.
redescription	Watson, R. B. (1886). Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology 15 (part 42): 1-756, pls 1-50.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883. 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:865230