Perrona aculeiformis

Perrona aculeiformis
Apertural view of a shell of Perrona aculeiformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Species:
P. aculeiformis
Binomial name
Perrona aculeiformis
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusus aculeiformis Lamarck, 1816
  • Fusus catelini Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Pusionella aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816)
  • Pusionella catelini (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851)

Perrona aculeiformis 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 31 mm and 54 mm. The shell is elongated and the mineralized shell is made of calcium carbonate (Chalk). The whorls of the spire are more or less plicately ribbed, sometimes only the upper ones. The body whorl is smooth except at the base, where there are revolving grooves. The color of the shell is very light grayish yellow, or yellowish brown, or chestnut.

Some specimens are shouldered varieties and were described as Pusionella catelini (Petit de la Saussaye, 1851) [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and particularly Gabon.

References

  1. ^ a b Perrona aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
  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. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon [Shells of Gabon]. Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
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