Herewardia kesteveni

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Herewardia kesteveni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Family: Pyramidellidae
Genus: Herewardia
Species:
H. kesteveni
Binomial name
Herewardia kesteveni
(Hedley, 1907)
Synonyms [1]
  • Rissoina kesteveniHedley, 1907

Herewardia kesteveni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Herewardia kesteveni (Hedley, 1907). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598154 on 2012-08-26
  2. Ponder W. F. (1985). A review of the Genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 4: 1-221