Perrinia angulifera

Perrinia angulifera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.^[2][3][4]

Perrinia angulifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Chilodontaidae
Genus:	Perrinia
Species:	P. angulifera
Binomial name
Perrinia angulifera (A. Adams, 1853)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Calliostoma anguliferum Hidalgo 1904 Cantharidus pliciferus Schepman, 1908 Monodonta angulifera A. Adams, 1853 (original combination) Perrinia plicifera (Schepman, 1908) Tectaria montrouzieri P. Fischer, 1878 Trochus (Perrinia) angulifera (A. Adams, 1853) Turcica concinna [non A. Adams, 1863] Turcica montrouzieri Hedley 1909 Turcica (Perrinia)angulifera Melvill 1928

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 26 mm. The imperforate shell has an elevated-conoidal shape. The nearly plane whorls are imbricated and angulated below. They are longitudinally nodose-costate, and ornamented with transverse girdles of subdistant tubercles. The interstices are channelled. The body whorl is subangulate. The columella is straight and short. It terminates in a small tooth. The outer lip is subduplicate and sulcate inside.^[5]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Philippines and the Gulf of Oman.