Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Order Pteropoda > Suborder Pseudothecosomata > Superfamily Cymbulioidea > Family Peraclidae

Peracle Forbes, 1844

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Peraclis*	Pelseneer, 1888	synonym

Children

Peracle bispinosa Pelseneer, 1888
Peracle diversa (Monterosato, 1875)
Peracle elata (G. Seguenza, 1875)
Peracle moluccensis (Tesch, 1903)
Peracle reticulata (A. d'Orbigny, 1835)

Literature

original description	Forbes E. (1844). Report on the Mollusca and Radiata of the Aegean sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on geology. Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1843. 130-193.
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.
additional source	Janssen, A.W. (2012). Late Quaternary to Recent holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) from bottom samples of the eastern Mediterranean Sea: systematics, morphology. Bollettino Malacologico. 48 (suplemento 9): 1-105.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Peracle Forbes, 1844. 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:138327