Hesperisternia

Hesperisternia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Hesperisternia
Preserved specimen - Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Pisaniidae
Genus:
Hesperisternia

J. Gardner, 1944
Synonyms

Muricantharus Olsson, 1971

Species

Species within the genus Hesperisternia include:

  • Hesperisternia elegans (Dall, 1908)
  • Hesperisternia grandana (Abbott, 1986)
  • Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)[2]
  • Hesperisternia jugosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
  • Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1959)[3]
  • Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848)[4]
  • Hesperisternia panamica (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
  • Hesperisternia shaskyi (Berry, 1959)
  • Hesperisternia sulzyckii Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014
  • Hesperisternia vibex (Broderip, 1833)
  • † Hesperisternia waltonia J. Gardner, 1944
Species brought into synonymy
  • Hesperisternia itzamnai Watters, 2009:[5] synonym of Engina itzamnai (Watters, 2009) (original combination)
  • Hesperisternia lauta (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Engina lauta (Reeve, 1846)

References
  1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2018). Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415466 on 2018-01-11
  2. Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  3. Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  4. Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  5. Hesperisternia itzamnai Watters, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.


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