Petaloconchus

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 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) Petaloconchus flavescens Carpenter, 1857 Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758) Petaloconchus innumerabilis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893 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 Petaloconchus merkana Ladd, 1972 Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall, 1919 Petaloconchus myrakeenae Absalão & Rios, 1987 Petaloconchus nerinaeoides Carpenter, 1857 Petaloconchus nigricans (Dall, 1884) 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)≤ Species brought into synonymy: Petaloconchus adansoni (Daudin, 1800): 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)