Perrona obesa

Perrona obesa
Apertural view of a shell of Perrona obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Perrona
Species: P. obesa
Binomial name
Perrona obesa
(Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clavatula obesa Reeve
  • Pleurotoma obesa Reeve, 1842

Perrona obesa, common name the obese turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 35 mm and 55 mm. The whorls are corded below the suture, with a constriction below the cord. The color of the shell is yellowish white, flexuously lineated with chestnut, the corded portion white. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 Perrona obesa (Reeve, 1842).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 August 2011.
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 231-232; 1884 (described as Clavatula obesa)
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