Perrinia
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| Perrinia | |
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| Perrinia concinna | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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]
The imperforate shell is small (less than 20 mm) and has a trochiform shape. The whorls are flattened and cancellated with a strongly indented suture. The aperture is quadrangular. The outer lip is lirate (= with fine linear elevations) within. The columella is short, nearly straight, with several tubercles near the base.[2]
