Perrinia stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae .[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Perrinia |
| Species: | P. stellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 9 mm to 17 mm
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean.
References
edit- ^ a b Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 February 2011.
- Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
- Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
- Reid D.G. (2007) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1–161
- Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.
External links
edit- "Perrinia stellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 February 2011.