WoRMS taxon details
Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883
865230 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:865230)
accepted
Species
Cranopsis agger (R. B. Watson, 1883) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): vol. 17 p. 32 [details]
page(s): vol. 17 p. 32 [details]
Type locality contained in Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=865230 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
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]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): vol. 17 p. 32 [details]
page(s): vol. 17 p. 32 [details]
Taxonomy
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. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2004568
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 6 a-c [details]
page(s): 40, pl. 4 fig. 6 a-c [details]
Other
additional source
Pérez Farfante, I. (1947). The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the western Atlantic. Johnsonia. 2: 93-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41155790 [details]
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. [details] Available for editors
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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. [details] Available for editors






- Type locality
- type locality contained in Virgin Islands Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
- Unreviewed
- Gulf of Mexico
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cranopsis agger (R. B. Watson, 1883))
To Conchology (Puncturella granulata)
To Malacopics (Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883 Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough...
To Malacopics (Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883)
To NHMUK collection (Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499426)
To Conchology (Puncturella granulata)
To Malacopics (Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883 Atlantic Ocean, off W Scotland, Rockall Trough...
To Malacopics (Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883)
To NHMUK collection (Puncturella agger R. B. Watson, 1883; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3499426)