Steironepion moniliferum

Steironepion moniliferum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Steironepion moniliferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Columbellidae
Genus:
Steironepion
Species:
S. moniliferum
Binomial name
Steironepion moniliferum
(Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella monilifera G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 (basionym)
  • Columbella telea Duclos, 1848
  • Psarostola monilifera (Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Psarostola monilifera monilifera (Sowerby II, 1844)
  • Psarostola monilifera sparsipunctata Rehder, 1943

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References
  1. Steironepion moniliferum (Sowerby I, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 June 2012.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218.


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