Perrona is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[1][2]

Perrona
A shell of Perrona spirata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Perrona tritonum
Schumacher, 1817
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula (Perrona) Schumacher, 1817
  • Perrona (Perrona) Schumacher, 1817
  • Pleurotoma (Perrona) Schumacher, 1817

Description edit

In this genus the spire is carinated or smooth. The whorls are not tubercular or spinose. The anal sinus can be found more or less near the suture.[3]

The smooth shell is fusiform. The spire is short with few whorls. The aperture is narrow. The siphonal canal is long. The outer lip shows a wide shallow sinus near the middle. The inner lip has a thick callosity at the hind part near the suture.

The species of Perrona are smooth and solid shells with a notch in the middle of the outer lip. The hind part of the body whorl is gibbous, and the columella, as in that genus, is callous posteriorly.[4]

Species edit

Species within the genus Perrona include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Perrona harzhauseri Kovács & Vicián, 2021: synonym of † Neoperrona harzhauseri (Z. Kovács & Vicián, 2021)
  • Perrona inedita (Bellardi, 1877): synonym of † Clavatula inedita Bellardi, 1877
  • Perrona letkesensis (Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1953): synonym of † Perrona emmae (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1891) (junior subjective synonym)
  • Perrona lineata (Lamarck, 1816):[13] synonym of Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Perrona nemethi Kovács & Vicián, 2021: synonym of † Megaclavatula nemethi (Z. Kovács & Vicián, 2021)
  • Perrona semimarginata (Lamarck, 1822) (fossils from deposits in the Miocene, Burdigalian, Graves near Bordeaux, France):[7] synonym of † Tomellana semimarginata (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Perrona taurinensis (Bellardi, 1877): synonym of † Neoperrona taurinensis (Bellardi, 1877)
  • Perrona tritonum Schumacher, 1817: synonym of Perrona perron (Gmelin, 1791)
 
Several shells of † Perrona secunda

References edit

  1. ^ a b Perrona Schumacher, 1817. 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. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 157; 1884
  4. ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
  5. ^ Perrona aculeiformis (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  6. ^ Houssein L. Abbass (1977), A Monograph of new Miocene Gastropod Species in the Cairo-Suez District, Egypt; J. Univ. Kuwait (Sci.) 4, 1977
  7. ^ a b M. Glibert (1954), Pleurotomes du Miocène; Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique; Mémoires N" 129
  8. ^ Perrona jessica Melvill, 1923. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  9. ^ Perrona micro Rolan, Ryall & Horro, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  10. ^ Perrona obesa (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  11. ^ Perrona perron (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  12. ^ Perrona spirata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.
  13. ^ Perrona lineata (Lamarck, 1816). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 April 2010.

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