Peristernia carotiana

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]

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
Synonyms[1]

Latirus carotianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 (basionym)

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius

References
  1. 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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