Petaloconchus

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Petaloconchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

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Petaloconchus
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Petaloconchus
Lea, 1843
Type species
Petaloconchus sculpturatus H. C. Lea, 1843
Synonyms
  • Macrophragma Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) Carpenter, 1857· accepted, alternate representation
  • Thylacodus Mörch, 1860
  • Vermetus (Petaloconchus) H. C. Lea, 1843
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Species

Species within the genus Petaloconchus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Petaloconchus adansoni (Daudin, 1800):[9] synonym of Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800 (incorrect generic placement)
  • Petaloconchus annulatus (Yokoyama, 1924): synonym of Vermetus annulatus Yokoyama, 1924
  • Petaloconchus floridana [sic]: synonym of Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 (incorrect gender ending)

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