Peculator hedleyi
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Peculator hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. [1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
[edit]- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450661 on 2023-03-30
- MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=450661 on 2023-03-30
- Ponder, W.F. (1972). The morphology of some mitriform gastropods with special reference to their alimentary and reproductive systems (Neogastropoda). Malacologia 11: 295–342.
- 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
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
External links
[edit]- Murdoch, R. (1905). Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 37: 217-232, pls 7-8
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1