Peristernia carotiana
| Peristernia carotiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Subfamily: | Peristerniinae |
| Genus: | Peristernia |
| Species: | P. carotiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Latirus carotianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 (basionym) | |
Peristernia carotiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Distribution
This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius
References
- 1 2 Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 March 2011.
- Snyder M.A. & Callomon P. (2010) Tapparone-Canefri’s type material of fasciolariid Gastropoda (Mollusca) at the Genoa Natural History Museum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 31-38. page(s): 32
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