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Perrinia
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Species
Genus
- PhylumRhodophyta
- ClassFlorideophyceae
- OrderCeramiales
- FamilyRhodomelaceae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 24
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Chilodontidae
- Collections
- CHAS, SBMNH, MNHN, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Nouvelle-Caledonie, Madagascar, Sud Madagascar, Seychelles, Pakistan, India
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Perrinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae.
This genus has a long time been regarded as a subgenus of Turcica H. & A. Adams, 1854. Previously it was considered a (problematic) subgenus of Euchelus Philippi, 1847.
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