Peculator
Encyclopedia
Peculator is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae
, one family of mitres.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae
Volutomitridae is a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Muricoidea.-Genera:The family Volutomitridae contains six genera and about fifty described recent species:* Conomitra Conrad, 1865* Magdalemitra Kilburn, 1974...
, one family of mitres.
Species
Species within the genus Peculator include:- Peculator bacatus
- Peculator hedleyiPeculator hedleyiPeculator hedleyi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.- Further reading :* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(Murdoch, 1905) - Peculator obconicusPeculator obconicusPeculator obconicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres.-References:* Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1...
(PowellArthur William Baden PowellDr Arthur William Baden Powell CBE was a New Zealand malacologist, naturalist and palaeontologist, a major influence in the study and classification of New Zealand molluscs through much of the twentieth century. He was known to his friends and family by his third name, "Baden".Powell was born at...
, 1952) - Peculator porphyriaPeculator porphyriaPeculator porphyria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres....
(Verco, 1896) - Peculator verconisPeculator verconisPeculator verconis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae....
IredaleTom IredaleTom Iredale was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an autodidact who never went to university and lacked formal training...
, 1924