Peculator porphyria

Peculator porphyria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.

Peculator porphyria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Volutomitridae
Genus:
Peculator
Species:
P. porphyria
Binomial name
Peculator porphyria
Verco, 1896
Synonyms
  • Imbricaria porphyria Verco, 1896
  • Marginella coma Odhner, 1924

References
    • 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.

    Further reading
    • Powell, Arthur W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land, and Freshwater Shells. Auckland: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-00-216906-1. OCLC 6786656.


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