Perrona obesa

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

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

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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.

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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 pp. 231–232; 1884 (described as Clavatula obesa)
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