Puncturella longifissa
Species of gastropod
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Puncturella longifissa, the long-slot puncturella, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[2][3]
| Puncturella longifissa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Fissurellidae |
| Subfamily: | Zeidorinae |
| Genus: | Puncturella |
| Species: | P. longifissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Puncturella longifissa | |
William Healey Dall described the species in 1914; he found specimens off Bering Island in the Bering Sea.[1] It has also been found off Amchitka and Adak.[4]