Petaloconchus

Genus of gastropods

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Petaloconchus include:

  • Petaloconchus apakadikike W. C. Kelly, 2007
  • Petaloconchus caperatus (Tate & May, 1900)
  • Petaloconchus cereus Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus cochlidium Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus compactus (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Petaloconchus complicatus Dall, 1908
  • Petaloconchus erectus (Dall, 1888)[2]
  • Petaloconchus flavescens Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953[3]
  • Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]
  • Petaloconchus innumerabilis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
  • Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893[5]
  • Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Petaloconchus keenae Hadfield & Kay, 1972
  • Petaloconchus lamellosus Ladd, 1972
  • Petaloconchus laurae Scuderi, 2012
  • Petaloconchus lilacinus (Mörch, 1862)
  • Petaloconchus lilandikike W. C. Kelly, 2007
  • Petaloconchus macrophragma Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953[6]
  • Petaloconchus merkana Ladd, 1972
  • Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall, 1919
  • Petaloconchus myrakeenae Absalão & Rios, 1987
  • Petaloconchus nerinaeoides Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus nigricans (Dall, 1884)[7]
  • Petaloconchus octosectus Carpenter, 1857
  • Petaloconchus pachylasma (Mörch, 1862)
  • Petaloconchus renisectus Carpenter, 1857
  • † Petaloconchus sculpturatus H. C. Lea, 1843
  • Petaloconchus tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Petaloconchus varians (d'Orbigny, 1839)≤[8]
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.

External links

  • Lea H.C. (1843). Abstract of a paper read before the American Philosophical Society, May 29th, 1843, entitled "Descriptions of some new fossil shells, from the Tertiary of Petersburg, Virginia". H.C. Lea, Philadelphia. 12 pp
  • Lea H.C. (1843). Description of some new fossil shells from the Tertiary of Virginia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 3: 162-165
  • Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. xvi + 552 pp
  • Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 7: 66–106
  • Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil "worm-snail" taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948, 1-103.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Petaloconchus.
Taxon identifiers
Petaloconchus


  • v
  • t
  • e