Peculator hedleyi

Peculator hedleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutomitridae
Genus: Peculator
Species:
P. hedleyi
Binomial name
Peculator hedleyi
(Murdoch, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Vulpecula (Pusia) hedleyi Murdoch, 1905[1]
  • Mitra bicornis Laws, 1936
  • Vexillum hedleyi R. Murdoch, 1905
  • Vulpecula hedleyi Murdoch, 1905

Peculator hedleyi is a species of sea snail in the family Volutomitridae.[2][3] It is named for Charles Hedley.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.2 mm.[4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Murdoch, R. (1905). "Additions to the marine Mollusca of New Zealand". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 37: 217–232, pls 7–8.
  2. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b Peculator hedleyi in New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR)
  4. ^ Ponder, W. F. (1972). "The morphology of some mitriform gastropods with special reference to their alimentary and reproductive systems (Neogastropoda)". Malacologia. 11 (2): 295–342.

Further reading

  • 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
  • Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
  • Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1