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Genus: | Peristarium Bayer, 1971 |
Peristarium is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae. [1]
Species within the genus Peristarium include:
Frederick Merkle Bayer was an emeritus curator of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, as well as a prominent marine biologist who specialized in the study of soft corals.
Turbinellidae are a family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda. Members of this family are predators.
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Admetula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Bonellitia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Merica is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Mericella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Neadmete is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Nipponaphera is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Zeadmete is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Cocculina is a genus of sea snails, deep-sea limpets, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cocculinidae.
Chlanidota is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.
Peristarium aurora is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Peristarium electra is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Peristarium merope is a species of large sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turbinellidae.
Fulgurofusus is a genus of sea snails in the family Columbariidae.
Histricosceptrum is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turbinellidae.
Tractolira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Zygomelon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae.
Daffymitra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutomitridae.