Perrinia stellata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Family:	Chilodontaidae
Genus:	Perrinia
Species:	P. stellata
Binomial name
Perrinia stellata (A. Adams, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Solarium abyssorum Melvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1903 Tectaria armata Issel, A., 1869 Turcica stellata A. Adams, 1864 (basionym)

Perrinia stellata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae .^[1]

The shell size varies between 9 mm to 17 mm

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This species is distributed in the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean.

• Kilburn, R.N. (1977) Taxonomic studies on the marine Mollusca of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 23, 173–214.
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
• Reid D.G. (2007) The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 1420: 1–161
• Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502.

• "Perrinia stellata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 February 2011.