Hesperisternia | |
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Preserved specimen - Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
Family: | Pisaniidae |
Genus: | Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944 |
Type species | |
Hesperisternia waltonia J. Gardner, 1944 † | |
Synonyms [1] | |
MuricantharusOlsson, 1971 |
Hesperisternia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae. [1]
Species within the genus Hesperisternia include:
Fenimorea is a genus of carnivorous sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Polystira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Daphnella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
Mangelia is a large genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Engina itzamnai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae.
Hesperisternia karinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae.
Bailya is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Caducifer is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.
Engina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Gemophos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Parviphos is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Pisania is a genus of marine whelk in the family Pisaniidae. Some species prey on barnacles.
Pollia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Columbella is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Latirus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.
Diala is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dialidae.
Anna is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.
Purpuriconus has become a synonym of Conus (Dauciconus)Cotton, 1945 represented as ConusLinnaeus, 1758. These are sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the genus Conus, family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.