Perrona spirata

Perrona spirata
Apertural view of a shell of Perrona spirata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: 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

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

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. 1 2 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)
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