Perrona descendens

Perrona descendens
Shell of † Perrona descendens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clavatulidae
Genus:	Perrona
Species:	P. descendens
Binomial name
Perrona descendens (Hilber, 1879)
Synonyms
† Clavatula (Perrona) jouanneti descendens(Hilber, 1879) † Pleurotoma (Clavatula) descendensHilber, 1879

Perrona descendens is an extinct species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clavatulidae. ^[1]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Miocene strata in Romania

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Perrona descendens (Hilber, 1879) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1497197 on 2023-08-03

• Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179 (
• Landau, B. M., Harzhauser, M., İslamoğlu, Y. & da Silva, C. M. (2013). Systematics and palaeobiogeography of the gastropods of the middle Miocene (Serravallian) Karaman Basin, Turkey. Cainozoic Research. 11-13: 1–584.

External links

• Hilber, V. (1879). Neue Conchylien aus den mittelsteierischen Mediterranschichten. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschafte, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Classe, 1. Abtheilung. 79(5): 416-461
• Harzhauser, M.; Landau, B.; Janssen, R. (2022). The Clavatulidae (Gastropoda, Conoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea with considerations on fossil and extant Clavatulidae genera. Zootaxa. 5123(1): 1-172