Perrinia stellata
| Perrinia stellata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontidae |
| Genus: | Perrinia |
| Species: | P. stellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Perrinia stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae .[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 14 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- Reid D.G. (2007) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1-161
- Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.
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