Perrona descendens

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

Perrona descendens
Shell of † Perrona descendens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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) descendens Hilber, 1879

Description

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.


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