Perrinia concinna

Perrinia concinna
Lateral view of a shell of Perrinia concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus: Perrinia
Species: P. concinna
Binomial name
Perrinia concinna
(A. Adams, 1864) [1]
Synonyms

Turcica concinna A. Adams, 1864

Basal view of a shell of Perrinia concinna
Ventral view of a shell of Perrinia concinna

Perrinia concinna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2]

Description

The height of the shell attains 12 mm. The small, solid, imperforate, whitish shell has an ovate-conic shape.The whorls are a little convex, subimbricating, and separated by profoundly canaliculate sutures;. They are finely crenulated below the sutures. They are covered with encircling lirae with the interstices elegantly clathrate. The base of the shell is convex. The oblique aperture is semicircular. The tortuous columella terminates in a tooth. The outer lip subthickened and obsoletely sulcate inside.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs the Philippines and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

  1. A. Adams, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 508
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Perrinia concinna (A. Adams, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=559695 on 2013-04-14
  3. Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Turcica concinna)
External identifiers for Perrinia concinna
Encyclopedia of Life 19890025
WoRMS 559695
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