Peristernia carotiana

Peristernia carotiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Peristernia
Species:	P. carotiana
Binomial name
Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
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]

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius

References

1. Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 March 2011.

• 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

External links

• Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. 100 pp., 2 pls.