Biology:Perrona obesa
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Perrona obesa | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Perrona obesa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Perrona |
Species: | P. obesa
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Binomial name | |
Perrona obesa (Reeve, 1842)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Perrona obesa, common name the obese turrid, 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 35 mm and 55 mm. The whorls are corded below the suture, with a constriction below the cord. The color of the shell is yellowish white, flexuously lineated with chestnut, the corded portion white.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Perrona obesa (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI pp. 231–232; 1884 (described as Clavatula obesa)
- Reeve, Lovell Augustus. Conchologia systematica, or Complete System of Conchology: In which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are Described and Classified According to Their Natural Organization and Habits. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842.
- 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.
External links
- "Perrona obesa" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_3759.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3714507 entry
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