Perplicaria

Genus of gastropods

Perplicaria
Perplicaria boucheti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Cancellariidae
Genus: Perplicaria
Dall, 1890
Type species
Perplicaria perplexa Dall, 1890

Perplicaria is a genus of sea snails, marine Gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Perplicaria include:

  • Perplicaria aquitanica (Peyrot, 1928)
  • Perplicaria boucheti Verhecken, 1997[2]
  • Perplicaria clarki M. Smith, 1947[3]
  • Perplicaria laurensii (Grateloup, 1832)
  • Perplicaria mioquadrata (Sacco, 1894)
  • Perplicaria perplexa Dall, 1890

References

  1. ^ Perplicaria Dall, 1890. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  2. ^ Perplicaria boucheti Verhecken, 1997. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  3. ^ Perplicaria clarki M. Smith, 1947. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • Hemmen, J. (2007). Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp.
  • Dall, W. H. (1890-1903). Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Caloosahatchie River. Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science. 3(1)
Taxon identifiers
Perplicaria


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