Peristernia marquesana

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Peristernia marquesana
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Species:
P. marquesana
Binomial name
Peristernia marquesana
(Adams, 1855)
Synonyms [1]
  • Benimakia marquesana(A. Adams, 1855)
  • Latirus marquesanusAdams, 1855

Peristernia marquesana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. [1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Peristernia marquesana (A. Adams, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723041 on 11 June 2020