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)
References
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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