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
  • Perrona lineata (Lamarck, 1816):[12] synonym of Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Perrona tritonum Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Perrona perron (Gmelin, 1791)
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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