Peculator (gastropod)

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Peculator
Temporal range: Bartonianrecent[1]
A light brown conical shell with subtle white stripes
Peculator hedleyi, a member of the genus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Peculator
Iredale, 1924
Type species
Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924
Species

10 extant species (see text)

Peculator is a genus of sea snails in the family Volutomitridae,[2][3][1] one family of mitres.

They are known from waters of New Zealand, Australia, and the Malay Archipelago.[3]

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