Perrona subspirata

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

Perrona subspirata
Original drawing of a shell of Perrona subspirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Species:
P. subspirata
Binomial name
Perrona subspirata
(Martens, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula subspirata (Martens, 1902)
  • Pleurotoma subspirata Martens, 1902

Description

The length of the shell attains 25.5 mm, its diameter 11 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Perrona subspirata (Martens, 1902). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591977 on 2016-04-14
  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.
  • von Martens, E. (1902) Einige neue Arten von Meer-Conchylien aus den Sammlungen der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 1902, 237–244.


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