Perrona descendens is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae.[1]

Perrona descendens
Shell of † Perrona descendens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Species:
P. descendens
Binomial name
Perrona descendens
(Hilber, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Clavatula (Perrona) jouanneti descendens (Hilber, 1879)
  • Pleurotoma (Clavatula) descendens Hilber, 1879

Description

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Distribution

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Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Romania

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Perrona descendens (Hilber, 1879) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1497197 on 2023-08-03
  • Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179 (
  • Landau, B. M., Harzhauser, M., İslamoğlu, Y. & da Silva, C. M. (2013). Systematics and palaeobiogeography of the gastropods of the middle Miocene (Serravallian) Karaman Basin, Turkey. Cainozoic Research. 11-13: 1–584.
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