Perrinia

Perrinia
Perrinia concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Subfamily: Chilodontinae
Genus: Perrinia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Monodonta angulifera A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms

Turcica (Perrinia) Adams, 1854

Perrinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontidae.[1]

This genus has a long time been regarded as a subgenus of Turcica H. & A. Adams, 1854. Previously it was considered a (problematic) subgenus of Euchelus Philippi, 1847.[2]

Description

The imperforate shell is small (less thgan 20 mm) and has a trochiform shape. The whorls are flattened and cancellated with a strongly indented suture. The aperture is quadrangular. The outer lip is lirate (= with fine linear elevations) within. The columella is short, nearly straight, with several tubercles near the base.[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) the following species are included within the genus Perrinia :[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. ↑ Perrinia .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
  3. ↑ WoRMS : Perrinia
  4. ↑ Perrinia cecileae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Perrinia docili Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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