Petaloconchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
Species
Species within the genus Petaloconchus include:
- Petaloconchus apakadikike <small>W. C. Kelly, 2007</small>
- Petaloconchus caperatus <small>(Tate & May, 1900)</small>
- Petaloconchus cereus <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- Petaloconchus cochlidium <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- Petaloconchus compactus <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Petaloconchus complicatus <small>Dall, 1908</small>
- Petaloconchus erectus <small>(Dall, 1888)</small>
- Petaloconchus flavescens <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- Petaloconchus floridanus <small>Olsson & Harbison, 1953</small>
- Petaloconchus glomeratus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Petaloconchus innumerabilis <small>Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935</small>
- Petaloconchus interliratus <small>Stearns, 1893</small>
- Petaloconchus intortus <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Petaloconchus keenae <small>Hadfield & Kay, 1972</small>
- Petaloconchus lamellosus <small>Ladd, 1972</small>
- Petaloconchus laurae <small>Scuderi, 2012</small>
- Petaloconchus lilacinus <small>(Mörch, 1862)</small>
- Petaloconchus lilandikike <small>W. C. Kelly, 2007</small>
- Petaloconchus macrophragma <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- Petaloconchus mcgintyi <small>Olsson & Harbison, 1953</small>
- Petaloconchus merkana <small>Ladd, 1972</small>
- Petaloconchus montereyensis <small>Dall, 1919</small>
- Petaloconchus myrakeenae <small>Absalão & Rios, 1987</small>
- Petaloconchus nerinaeoides <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- Petaloconchus nigricans <small>(Dall, 1884)</small>
- Petaloconchus octosectus <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- Petaloconchus pachylasma <small>(Mörch, 1862)</small>
- Petaloconchus renisectus <small>Carpenter, 1857</small>
- â Petaloconchus sculpturatus <small>H. C. Lea, 1843</small>
- Petaloconchus tokyoensis <small>(Pilsbry, 1895)</small>
- Petaloconchus varians <small>(d'Orbigny, 1839)</small>â¤
Species brought into synonymy:
- Petaloconchus adansoni <small>(Daudin, 1800)</small>: synonym of Vermetus adansonii <small>Daudin, 1800</small> (incorrect generic placement)
- Petaloconchus annulatus <small>(Yokoyama, 1924)</small>: synonym of Vermetus annulatus <small>Yokoyama, 1924</small>
- Petaloconchus floridana [sic]: synonym of Petaloconchus floridanus <small>Olsson & Harbison, 1953</small> (incorrect gender ending)
References
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: 66âÂÂ106
- 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.
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