Perrona perron

Perrona perron
Drawing of Perrona perron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Species: P. perron
Binomial name
Perrona perron
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex perron Gmelin, 1791
  • Perrona tritonum Schumacher, 1817

Perrona perron is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

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Description

The shell grows to a length of 25 mm. The pale yellow, fusiform shell is turreted and rather smooth. The whorls are flat, with flexuous longitudinal lines, slightly angulated round the upper part. The lower portion of the last whorl is contracted and has several regular, distant revolving ridges. The anal sinus is nearly central. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Gabon to North Angola.

References

  1. ^ a b Perrona perron (Gmelin, 1791).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=434592 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. 232 (described as Clavatula perron)

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