''Perrona'' is a

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of sea snails, marine gastropod

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s in the

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Clavatulidae.

Description

In this genus the

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is carinated or smooth. The whorls 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 ''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 t ...

'' Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001 * † ''

Perrona harzhauseri ''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 t ...

'' Kovács & Vicián, 2021 * † ''

Perrona heinmoorensis ''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 ...

'' Kautsky, 1925 * † ''

Perrona inedita ''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 t ...

'' (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 ''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 t ...

'' (Csepreghy-Meznerics, 1953) * '' Perrona micro'' Rolan, Ryall & Horro, 2008 * † ''

Perrona munizsolisi ''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 t ...

'' Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001 * † ''

Perrona nemethi ''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 t ...

'' Kovács & Vicián, 2021 * † ''

Perrona obeliscoides ''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 t ...

'' (Millet, 1854) * ''

Perrona obesa ''Perrona obesa'', common name the obese turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. Description The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm. The whorls A whorl ( or ) i ...

'' (Reeve, 1842) * ''

Perrona perron ''Perrona perron'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. Description The shell grows to a length of 25 mm. The pale yellow, fusiform shell is turreted and rather smooth. The whorls A whorl ( ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''

Perrona quinteni ''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 t ...

'' (Nolf & Verstraeten, 2006) * † ''

Perrona robustocarinifera ''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 t ...

'' Landau, Harzhauser, İslamoğlu & Silva, 2013 * † ''

Perrona secunda ''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 t ...

'' Lozouet, 2017 * † '' Perrona semimarginata'' (Lamarck, 1822) (fossils from deposits in the

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, Burdigalian, Graves near Bordeaux, France) M. Glibert (1954), Pleurotomes du Miocène; Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique; Mémoires N" 129 * † ''

Perrona servata ''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 t ...

'' (Sacco, 1890) * ''

Perrona spirata ''Perrona spirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine 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 compri ...

'' (Lamarck, 1816) * ''

Perrona subspirata ''Perrona subspirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine 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 com ...

'' (Martens, 1902) * † ''

Perrona taurinensis ''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 ...

'' (Bellardi, 1877) * † ''

Perrona villarrasensis ''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 ...

'' Vera-Peláez & Lozano-Francisco, 2001 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Perrona lineata'' (Lamarck, 1816): synonym of ''

Tomellana lineata ''Tomellana lineata'', common name the wavy-line turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.Gofas, S. (2011). Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World R ...

'' (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
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