Perrinia stellata
| Perrinia stellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Perrinia |
| Species: | P. stellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Perrinia stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 9-14mm [2] with smaller version recently found (2.65-6.98 mm long by 1.15-2.56 mm wide). [3] "Shell 7mm thick, elongate conical, with strong, stellate, keel like spiral cord; pointed apex with close-set, curved, axial pelicula."[3]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean in the intertidal area 18-50 meters deep.
References
- ^ a b Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.
- ^ "Perrinia stellata - Gastropods by Eddie Hardy". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ a b https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325017514_New_Records_of_Perrinia_stellata_Adams_Mollusca_Gastropoda_Chelodontidae_and_Iravadia_quadrasi_Boettger_Gastropoda_Iravadiidae_from_India
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- Reid D.G. (2007) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1–161
- Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.
External links
- "Perrinia stellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 February 2011.