Petaloconchus

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

Petaloconchus
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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)

References

  1. Petaloconchus Lea, 1843. WoRMS (2009). Petaloconchus Lea, 1843. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138650 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. Petaloconchus erectus (Dall, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  3. Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  5. Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  6. Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  7. Petaloconchus nigricans (Dall, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  8. Petaloconchus varians (d’Orbigny, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  9. Petaloconchus adansonii (Daudin, 1800). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.


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