Peristernia reincarnata | |
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Shell of Peristernia reincarnata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Fasciolariidae |
Genus: | Peristernia |
Species: | P. reincarnata |
Binomial name | |
Peristernia reincarnata Snyder, 2000 | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Peristernia incarnatasensu Kiener, 1840 |
Peristernia reincarnata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. [1]
The shell size varies between 18 mm and 34 mm and has a maximum width of 11.8 mm
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This species can be found in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.
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