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Peristernia carotiana

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Peristernia carotiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Species:
P. carotiana
Binomial name
Peristernia carotiana
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]

Description

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Distribution

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This species is found in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius

References

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  • 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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