Puncturella larva is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Puncturella larva (Dall, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1340221 on 2020-09-24
Taxonomy The species was originally described by the American malacologist William Healey Dall in 1927 as Emarginula (Rimula) larva, in his account of small shells dredged off the southeastern United States by the fisheries steamer Albatross. It was later transferred to the genus Puncturella. The genus Cranopsis, under which the species has also been listed (as Cranopsis larva), was synonymised with Puncturella by Cunha and colleagues in 2019.
Description The size of the shell reaches 3 mm.
Distribution This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Georgia, USA.
References
External links Dall W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1-134 Encyclopedia of Life World Register of Marine Species