Peraclidae

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Peraclidae is a family of pelagic sea snails or "sea butterflies", marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Cymbulioidea.[2]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Euopisthobranchia
Order:Pteropoda
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Peraclidae
Peracle reticulata, from the Catalan coast
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Superfamily: Cymbulioidea
Family: Peraclidae
Tesch, 1913[1]
Synonyms[2]

Procymbuliidae, 1913

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This family has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).

This family was originally called Procymbuliidae Tesch, 1913 and then called Peraclididae by Wenz in 1938.[2] The name Peraclidae takes precedence.

Peracle is the type genus of the family Peraclidae.

"Peraclis" Pelseener, 1888 is a unjustied modification (Giovine, F. 1988)

Description

The left-coiled shell resembles the shell of most snails. The columella is somewhat elongated into a curved rostrum. There is an operculum and a gill.

Species

Species within the genus Peracle Forbes, 1844 include:

  • † Peracle charlotteae Janssen & Little, 2010[3]
  • Peracle depressa Meisenheimer, 1906 - Distribution: Cuba, Brazil, Argentina, Oceanic, Equatorial Atlantic.
  • Peracle diversa (Monterosato, 1875) - synonyms: Peracle apicifulva Meisenheimer, 1906,
  • Peracle bispinosa Pelseneer, 1888, Two-spine pteropod. Distribution: Florida, Bermuda, Cuba, Argentina, Mediterranean. Length: 4 mm.[citation needed]
  • Peracle moluccensis Tesch, 1903 - Distribution: Panama, Brazil, British Isles, Oceanic. Length: 3 mm.
  • Peracle philiporum (R. W. Gilmer, 1990) - Distribution: Bahamas. Length: 4.5 mm.
  • Peracle reticulata (d'Orbigny, 1836) - Reticulate pteropod. Distribution: Oceanic, Florida, Texas; Mediterranean. Length: 6 mm. Description: the shell, which shows a hexagonal pattern, is rather heavy and compels this little animal to flap continuously to keep afloat. Table 4, figure 2
  • Peracle triacantha (P. Fischer, 1882) - Distribution: Oceanic, Cuba, Bermuda, Venezuela, Mediterranean. Length: 5 mm
  • Peracle valdiviae Meisenheimer 1905 - Distribution: Oceanic, Argentina. Length: 5 mm.

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