Perisserosa is a genus of sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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| Lateral view of a shell of Perisserosa guttata | |
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| Genus: | Perisserosa Iredale, 1930
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| Cypraea guttata Gmelin, 1791 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Perisserosa include:
- Perisserosa guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
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- Perisserosa brocktoni Iredale, 1930: synonym of Perisserosa guttata (Gmelin, 1791)
References edit
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Perisserosa Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530890 on 2022-09-15
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Perisserosa.
- Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
- In Spanish, a text on the family that mentions this genus
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