Puncturella capensis Thiele, 1919

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 23

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scientific name	Puncturella capensis Thiele, 1919
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Puncturella capensis Thiele, 1919 View in CoL

Puncturella noachina View in CoL (non Linnaeus, 1771)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1903: 231. E.A. Smith, 1906: 57. Barnard, 1963a: 295. Kensley, 1973: 32, fig. 49.

Puncturella fastigiata View in CoL (non A. Adams, 1853)— Martens, 1904: 50. E.A. Smith, 1906: 57.

Puncturella capensis Thiele, 1919 View in CoL in 1912–1919: 164, pl. 19, figs 15, 16. Kilburn, 1978: 448, pl. 9a, b. Herbert & Kilburn, 1987: 16, figs 57–65. Type loc.: Valdivia View in CoL St’n 114, ‘Simonsbucht’ [Simonstown, False Bay], 70 m; holotype in ZMB.

Distribution. Pondoland (off Waterfall Bluff) to False Bay; 70–550 m (living 300–540 m).

Notes. There is a possibility that this taxon is synonymous with Puncturella analoga Martens, 1902 , which in turn may be a synonym of P. conica (d’Orbigny, 1841) and that there is a single circum-Antarctic species.

Pupillaea Gray, 1835 View in CoL . Type species (m.): Fissurella aperta G.B. Sowerby (I), 1825 View in CoL .

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Mollusca
Class	Gastropoda
SubClass	Vetigastropoda
Order	Lepetellida
SuperFamily	Fissurelloidea
Family	Fissurellidae
SubFamily	Diodorinae
Genus	Puncturella