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.[1]

Maurea punctulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
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[1]
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  • 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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 41.7 mm.

Its fossil range is from the Quaternary. Maurea is a predator on sessile prey.[1]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Maurea punctulata (Martyn, 1784). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881011 on 2018-12-28
  • 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
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