Perrona

Perrona
A shell of Perrona spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Perrona tritonum Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Perrona) Schumacher, 1817

Perrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Description

In this genus the spire is carinated or smooth. The whorls are not tubercular or spinose. The anal sinus can be found more or less near the suture.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Perrona include:

Species brought into synonymy
Several shells of † Perrona semimarginata

References

  1. 1 2 Perrona Schumacher, 1817.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 157; 1884
  4. Perrona aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  5. Houssein L. Abbass (1977), A Monograph of new Miocene Gastropod Species in the Cairo-Suez District, Egypt; J. Univ. Kuwait (Sci.) 4, 1977
  6. 1 2 M. Glibert (1954) , Pleurotomes du Miocène; Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique; Mémoires N" 129
  7. Perrona jessica Melvill, 1923.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  8. Perrona micro Rolan, Ryall & Horro, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  9. Perrona obesa (Reeve, 1842).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  10. Perrona perron (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  11. Perrona spirata (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  12. Perrona lineata (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
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