''Perrona'' 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, marine

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mollusks in the family

Clavatulidae Clavatulidae is a taxonomic family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. The family is not well differentiated morphologically. Clavatulidae was raised, based on cladistic analysis, from subfamily to the family ...

Description

In this genus the spire is carinated or smooth. The

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are not tubercular or spinose. The anal sinus can be found more or less near the suture.

Species

Species within the genus ''Perrona'' include: * ''

Perrona aculeiformis ''Perrona aculeiformis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 31 mm and 54 mm. The shell is elongated and the mineralized shell is m ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) * † '' Perrona anwari'' Abbass H., 1977 * † '' Perrona czarnockii'' Bałuk, 2003 * † '' Perrona descendens'' (Hilber, 1879) * † '' Perrona estebbunensis'' Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001 * † '' Perrona harzhauseri'' Kovács & Vicián, 2021 * † '' Perrona heinmoorensis'' Kautsky, 1925 * † '' Perrona inedita'' (Bellardi, 1877) * ''

Perrona jessica ''Perrona jessica'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. Description The length of the shell attains 28 mm, its diameter 9 mm. (Original description) The shell is acuminately fusiform, shi ...

'' Melvill, 1923 (taxon inquirendum) * † '' Perrona letkesensis'' (Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1953) * '' Perrona micro'' Rolan, Ryall & Horro, 2008 * † '' Perrona munizsolisi'' Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001 * † '' Perrona nemethi'' Kovács & Vicián, 2021 * † '' Perrona obeliscoides'' (Millet, 1854) * '' Perrona obesa'' (Reeve, 1842) * '' Perrona perron'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Perrona quinteni'' (Nolf & Verstraeten, 2006) * † '' Perrona robustocarinifera'' Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & Silva, 2013 * † '' Perrona secunda'' Lozouet, 2017 * † ''

Perrona semimarginata ''Perrona'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae. Description 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 s ...

'' (Lamarck, 1822) (fossils from deposits in the Miocene, Burdigalian, Graves near Bordeaux, France) M. Glibert (1954), Pleurotomes du Miocène; Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique; Mémoires N" 129 * † '' Perrona servata'' (Sacco, 1890) * '' Perrona spirata'' (Lamarck, 1816) * '' Perrona subspirata'' (Martens, 1902) * † '' Perrona taurinensis'' (Bellardi, 1877) * † '' Perrona villarrasensis'' Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Perrona lineata'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of '' Tomellana lineata'' (Lamarck, 1818) * ''Perrona tritonum'' Schumacher, 1817: synonym of ''Perrona perron'' (Gmelin, 1791) Perrona semimarginata 01

References

External links

Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
{{Taxonbar, from=Q2711301 Gastropod genera