Perrona

Perrona
Perrona spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Perrona tritonum Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms

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

References

  1. 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. Perrona jessica Melvill, 1923.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  6. Perrona lineata (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  7. Perrona micro Rolan, Ryall & Horro, 2008.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  8. Perrona obesa (Reeve, 1842).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  9. Perrona perron (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  10. Perrona spirata (Lamarck, 1816).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.

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