Biplex perca
| Biplex perca | |
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| Five views of a shell of Biplex perca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tonnoidea |
| Family: | Ranellidae |
| Genus: | Biplex |
| Species: | B. perca |
| Binomial name | |
| Biplex perca (G. Perry, 1811) | |
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Biplex perca is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ranellidae, the tritons. It is more commonly known as the Winged Frog Shell or the Maple Leaf Shell. [2][3]
Subspecies
- Biplex perca bozzettii Beu, 1998
A shell of Biplex perca
Description
Shells of Biplex perca can reach a length of 31–100 millimetres (1.2–3.9 in).[4] These unusual shells are quite flattened, well adapted to laying on a soft substrate, with large flanges close to the outer lips and a blade-like outpouching of the outer shell layer, forming two longitudinal folds (hence the genus name). Shell surface may be whitish, yellowish or pale brown. [5][6]
Distribution
This species is widespread from the Eastern Africa to Japan.[4][7][8]
A shell of Biplex perca
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ "Winged Frog Shell (Biplex perca) - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
- ↑ WoRMS
- 1 2 Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
- ↑ Linsley and Javidpour Gastropod episodic growth Biodiversity Library, pg. 157
- ↑ Univalves Biodiversity Library
- ↑ Galli C.: WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- ↑ GBIF
External links
Bibliography
- Beu, A. (2010). Catalogue of Tonnoidea. Pers. comm.
- B. Wilson - Australian Marine Shells Part 1
- F Springsteen, F. M. Leobrera - Shells of the Philippines
- G. T. Poppe - Philippine Marine Molluscs Vol. 1
- Ngoc-Thach Nguyên - Shells of Vietnam
- Thomas Henning and Jens Hennens - Ranellidae and Personidae of the World
- Yoichiro Hirase - Shells of Japan
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