Perrinia

Perrinia
Perrinia concinna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Perrinia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Type species
Monodonta angulifera
A. Adams, 1853
Synonyms
  • Calliostoma (Perrinia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Euchelus (Perrinia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (original rank)
  • Turcica (Perrinia) Adams, 1854

Perrinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae.[1]

This genus has a long time been regarded as a subgenus of Turcica H. & A. Adams, 1854. Previously it was considered a (problematic) subgenus of Euchelus Philippi, 1847.[2]

  1. ^ Perrinia. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 March 2013.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Tryon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).