Peculator verconis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.[1]
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Description edit
The size of the shell attains 12 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.
References edit
- ^ Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1–190
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- 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
External links edit
- Beechey, D. 2003. Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924
- "Peculator verconis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.