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]

Contents

Description

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius

References

  1. ^ a b Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=545647  on 9 March 2011.