Petaloconchus
Petaloconchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
| Petaloconchus | |
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| Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818) | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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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
    
- 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 .
 - Petaloconchus erectus (Dall, 1888). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - Petaloconchus nigricans (Dall, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - Petaloconchus varians (d’Orbigny, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
 - 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.
 
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