Biology:Perrinia angulifera
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Seguenzioidea |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Perrinia |
| Species: | P. angulifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Perrinia angulifera (A. Adams, 1853) [1]
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Perrinia angulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3][4]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 26 mm. The imperforate shell has an elevated-conoidal shape. The nearly plane whorls are imbricated and angulated below. They are longitudinally nodose-costate, and ornamented with transverse girdles of subdistant tubercles. The interstices are channelled. The body whorl is subangulate. The columella is straight and short. It terminates in a small tooth. The outer lip is subduplicate and sulcate inside.[5]
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Philippines and the Gulf of Oman.
References
- ↑ A. Adams., P. Z. S. 1851, p. 176
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Perrinia angulifera (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547191 on 2013-04-14
- ↑ Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.
- ↑ Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502. (6 November 2012)
- ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
External links
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Perrinia angulifera" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_10905.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q14656926 entry
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