Perrona

Perrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Perrona
A shell of Perrona spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Perrona tritonum
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Perrona) Schumacher, 1817

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. 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. 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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