Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=MolluscaClass=BivalviaSubclass=HeterodontaOrder=VeneroidaSuperfamily=VeneroideaFamily=VeneridaeGenus=PeriglyptaSpecies=puerpera(Linnaeus 1771) ID by shadowshador(Flickr)Binomial name=Periglypta puerperaCommon name=Maiden's Purse Shell
The genera vermium exemplified by various specimens of the animals contained in the orders of the Intestina et Mollusca Linnaei :.London :Printed for the author by James Dixwell ..., and sold by John Sewell ..., B. White and Son ..., and P. Elmsley ...,1783-1788..biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29389812