Hesperisternia harasewychi

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Hesperisternia harasewychi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Buccinoidea
Family:
Pisaniidae
Genus:
Hesperisternia
Species:
H. harasewychi
Binomial name
Hesperisternia harasewychi
(Petuch, 1987)

Hesperisternia harasewychi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae. [1]

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Description

Original description: "Shell thin, inflated with elevated spire; 8 strong varices per whorl; body whorl ornamented with 4 large spiral cords; numerous fine threads between large cords; 4 large knobs per varix, produced by intersections of varix with spiral cord; siphonal canal short, stumpy, ornamented with numerous spiral threads; interior of aperture with large, well-developed plications on inner side of lip; suture incised, indented, producing scalariform effect; shell color bright yellow-orange, orange red, or salmon-pink; paratype (ANSP) with anterior half of body whorl bright pinkish-orange, posterior half bright yellow, producing two-toned color pattern; aperture and columella white." [2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth
50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA." [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 16. Publ: CERF
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 16. Publ: CERF
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