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Perrinia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Seguenzioidea

Subfamily
  
Chilodontinae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Chilodontidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Perrinia

Similar
  
Turcica, Euchelus, Chilodontidae, Perrinia concinna

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

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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.

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.

Species

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

  • Perrinia angulifera A. Adams, 1853
  • Perrinia cancellata (Schepman, 1908)
  • Perrinia cecileae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
  • Perrinia concinna (A. Adams, 1864-f)
  • Perrinia docili Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006
  • Perrinia elisa (Gould, 1849)
  • Perrinia konos (Barnard, 1964)
  • Perrinia nigromaculata (Schepman, 1908)
  • Perrinia squamicarinata (Schepman, 1908)
  • Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Perrinia plicifera (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Perrinia angulifera (A. Adams, 1853)

    • References

    Perrinia Wikipedia
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