Peculator hedleyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutomitridae |
| Genus: | Peculator |
| Species: | P. hedleyi
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| Peculator hedleyi (Murdoch, 1905)
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Peculator hedleyi in New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR)
- ^ 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