Peristernia scabra

Peristernia scabra
Shell of Peristernia scabra (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Peristernia
Species:	P. scabra
Binomial name
Peristernia scabra (Souverbie, 1869)
Synonyms [1]
Turbinella scabraSouverbie, 1869

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

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.2 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Peristernia scabra (Souverbie, 1869) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 18 April 2010.

• Souverbie, M. & Montrouzier, X., 1871. - Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 18("1870"): 422-433

External links

• Souverbie S.M. (1869). Diagnoses de mollusques inédits provenant de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 17(4): 416-421
• Tryon, G. W. (1880-1881). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, ser. 1., vol. 3: Tritonidae, Fusidae, Buccinidae. pp 1-310, pls 1-87. Philadelphia, published by the author