Maurea punctulata

Maurea punctulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Calliostomatidae
Genus:	Maurea
Species:	M. punctulata
Binomial name
Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784)
Synonyms
List Calliostoma (Maurea) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784) Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum (Martyn, 1784) Calliostoma (Mauriella) punctulatum stewartianum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 Calliostoma (Mauriella) wanganuicum W. R. B. Oliver, 1926 Calliostoma punctulatum (Martyn, 1784) Calliostoma punctulatum urbanior (Finlay, 1926) Maurea (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784) Trochus diaphanus Gmelin, 1791 Trochus punctulatus Martyn, 1784 Turbo grandineus Valenciennes, 1846 Turbo pulcherrimus Noodt, 1819 Turbo pulcherrimus Röding 1798: Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata (Martyn, 1784) Venustas (Mucrinops) punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926 Venustas punctulata (Martyn, 1784) Venustas punctulata urbanior Finlay, 1926

Maurea punctulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Calliostomatidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 41.7 mm.

Its fossil range is from the Quaternary. Maurea is a predator on sessile prey.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

• Oliver, W. R. B. (1926). New Zealand Species of Calliostoma. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 17: 107–115.
• Marshall, B.A., 1995. A Revision of the Recent Calliostoma Species of New Zealand (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trochoidea). The Nautilus 108(4): 83-127

External links

• Martyn T. (1784-1787). The universal conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shells. London, published by the author. 4 vols. 40 pp., 80 pls.
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Noodt, J. (1819). Museum Boltenianum: Verzeichnis der von dem gestorbenen J. F. Bolten... hinterlassenen vortrefflichen Sammlung Conchylien, Mineralien und Kunstsachen die am 26. April d.J., Morgens um 10 Uhr öffentlich verkauft werden sollen durch den Makler J. Noodt. Conrad Müller, Hamburg, pp. vi + 156, 4 pls
• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23
• Valenciennes A. (1846). Atlas de Zoologie. Mollusques. In: A. du Petit-Thouars, Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Venus pendant les années 1836–1839. 4 vols.