''Perisserosa'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, cowries,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Cypraeidae, the
cowries.
[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]
Species
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
External links
Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9In Spanish, a text on the family that mentions this genus
Cypraeidae
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