Petaloconchus

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|image_caption = Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818)

|authority = Lea, 1843

|type_species= † Petaloconchus sculpturatus H. C. Lea, 1843

|synonyms=

Macrophragma Carpenter, 1857
Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) Carpenter, 1857· accepted, alternate representation
Thylacodus Mörch, 1860
Vermetus (Petaloconchus) H. C. Lea, 1843

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Petaloconchus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.{{WRMS species|138650|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}}

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){{WRMS species|419550|Petaloconchus erectus (Dall, 1888)||9 July 2010}}
Petaloconchus flavescens Carpenter, 1857
Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953{{WRMS species|419551|Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953||9 July 2010}}
Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758){{WRMS species|141939|Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758)||9 July 2010}}
Petaloconchus innumerabilis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935
Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893{{WRMS species|224595|Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893||9 July 2010}}
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{{WRMS species|419552|Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953||9 July 2010}}
Petaloconchus merkana Ladd, 1972
Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall, 1919
Petaloconchus myrakeenae Absalão & Rios, 1987
Petaloconchus nerinaeoides Carpenter, 1857
Petaloconchus nigricans (Dall, 1884){{WRMS species|419553|Petaloconchus nigricans (Dall, 1884)||9 July 2010}}
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)≤{{WRMS species|419554|Petaloconchus varians (d’Orbigny, 1839)||9 July 2010}}

;Species brought into synonymy:

Petaloconchus adansoni (Daudin, 1800):{{WRMS species|224594|Petaloconchus adansonii (Daudin, 1800)||9 July 2010}} 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

External links

[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27068863 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]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27068863 Lea H.C. (1843). Description of some new fossil shells from the Tertiary of Virginia. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 3: 162-165]
[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61252 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]
[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15919625 Mörch, O. A. L. (1860). Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Central-Amerika's. Malakozoologische Blätter. 7: 66–106]
[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf 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.]

External links

Category:Vermetidae

Category:Gastropod genera