''Petaloconchus'' 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 ...

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

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 Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

Species

Species within the genus ''Petaloconchus'' include: * '' Petaloconchus apakadikike'' W. C. Kelly, 2007 * '' Petaloconchus caperatus'' (Tate & May, 1900) * '' Petaloconchus cereus'' Carpenter, 1857 * '' Petaloconchus cochlidium'' Carpenter, 1857 * '' Petaloconchus compactus'' (Carpenter, 1864) * '' Petaloconchus complicatus'' Dall, 1908 *'' Petaloconchus erectus'' ( Dall, 1888) * '' Petaloconchus flavescens'' Carpenter, 1857 *'' Petaloconchus floridanus'' Olsson & Harbison, 1953 *'' Petaloconchus glomeratus'' ( Linnaeus,

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) * '' Petaloconchus innumerabilis'' Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 *'' Petaloconchus interliratus'' Stearns, 1893 *''

Petaloconchus intortus ''Petaloconchus intortus'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod ...

d’Orbigny Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...

, 1839)≤ ;Species brought into synonymy: *''Petaloconchus adansoni'' (Daudin, 1800): synonym of ''

Vermetus adansonii ''Vermetus adansonii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in t ...

'' Daudin, 1800 (incorrect generic placement) * ''Petaloconchus annulatus'' (Yokoyama, 1924): synonym of '' Vermetus annulatus'' Yokoyama, 1924 * ''Petaloconchus floridana'' ic synonym of ''Petaloconchus floridanus'' Olsson & Harbison, 1953 (incorrect gender ending)

References

External links

Lea H.C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp

Lea H.C. (1843). Description of some new fossil shells from the Tertiary of Virginia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 3: 162-165

Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp

Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 7: 66–106

Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948, 1-103.

External links

Vermetidae Gastropod genera {{Vermetidae-stub