Sericogyra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae.
Description The turbinate shell has collabral axial riblets and lacks a peripheral carina. There is no midwhorl angulation. Spiral lirae are present on all whorls. The shell has no basal, posterior of anterolateral sinuses. There is no columellar sinus or columellar tooth. The aperture is circular. There is no umbilical septum. The shell contains granular microsculpture.
Radula: the rachidian tooth is broader than high and has lateral wings prominent. The lateral tooth cusp is broad to absent. The marginal tooth pairs are smaller or equal to 10.James F. Quinn Jr., (1991), Systematic Position of Basilissopsis and Guttula, and a Discussion of the Phylogeny of the Seguenzioidea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia), Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 49, Numbers 1-2, September 1991, pp. 575-598(24)
Species Species within the genus Sericogyra include: Sericogyra metallica Marshall, 1988 Sericogyra periglenes Marshall, 1988
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