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| Species: | P. pseudanaloga
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| Puncturella pseudanaloga Powell, 1957
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Puncturella pseudanaloga is a species of keyhole limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fissurellidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Australia's Macquarie Island.
Habitat
This keyhole limpet is found at depths of about 70 m.
Shell description
The shell is ovate, tall conical, laterally compressed, white, with the strongly incurved apex at about three fourths of the length. Sculpture is fine and delicate, consisting of numerous primary and secondary radials, that become subequal towards the margin.
The shell height is up to 6.1 mm, width up to 7.7 mm, and length up to 11 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1