Perrinia concinna

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

Perrinia concinna
Lateral view of a shell of Perrinia concinna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Chilodontaidae
Genus:	Perrinia
Species:	P. concinna
Binomial name
Perrinia concinna (A. Adams, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
Turcica concinna A. Adams, 1864

Basal view of a shell of Perrinia concinna

Ventral view of a shell of Perrinia concinna

Description

The height of the shell attains 12 mm. The small, solid, imperforate, whitish shell has an ovate-conic shape. The whorls are a little convex, subimbricating, and separated by profoundly canaliculate sutures;. They are finely crenulated below the sutures. They are covered with encircling lirae with the interstices elegantly clathrate. The base of the shell is convex. The oblique aperture is semicircular. The tortuous columella terminates in a tooth. The outer lip subthickened and obsoletely sulcate inside.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs the Philippines and in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.