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Perrinia angulifera (A. Adams 1853)

Perrinia angulifera

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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

  1. ^ A. Adams., P. Z. S. 1851, p. 176
  2. ^ a b 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
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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)
  5. ^ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

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Perrinia angulifera: Brief Summary

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Perrinia angulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.

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