Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae > Genus Periapta

Periapta gracilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Periapta*	Bouchet & Warén, 1986	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Acirsa gracilis*	A. E. Verrill, 1880	synonym
*Epitonium (Boreoscala) pandion*	Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952	synonym
*Periapta pandion*	(Clench & R. D. Turner, 1952)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
new combination reference	Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bollettino Malacologico. suppl. 2: 297-576.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Periapta gracilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139758