Perrona spirata

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

Perrona spirata
Apertural view of a shell of Perrona spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Species:
P. spirata
Binomial name
Perrona spirata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula spirata (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Pleurotoma spirata Lamarck, 1816

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm. The whorls are constricted around the upper part, with a rather sharp ridge next to the suture, and an obtuse angle below the constriction. The color of the shell is yellowish, mottled and striped with chestnut.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References
  1. Perrona spirata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2012.
  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; 1884 (described as Clavatula spirata)
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp.
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