Perrona spirata
| Perrona spirata | |
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| Apertural view of Perrona spirata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Perrona |
| Species: | P. spirata |
| Binomial name | |
| Perrona spirata (Lamarck, 1816) | |
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Perrona spirata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm. The whorls are constricted around the upper part, with a rather sharp ridge next to the suture, and an obtuse angle below the constriction. The color of the shell is yellowish, mottled and striped with chestnut. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola.
References
- 1 2 Perrona spirata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2012.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 232; 1884 (described as Clavatula spirata)
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