Hesperisternia multangulus | |
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Shell of Hesperisternia multangulus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Pisaniidae |
Genus: | Hesperisternia |
Species: | H. multangulus |
Binomial name | |
Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848) | |
Synonyms | |
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Hesperisternia multangulus, the ribbed cantharus, is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae. The ribbed cantharus was first formally named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1848 as Fusus multangulus. The type locality is from the Yucatán Peninsula.
Description
The length of the shell attains 24.1 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs off Yucatan, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea.
References
- ^ Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- "Hesperisternia multangula (Philippi, 1848)". catalog.shellmuseum.org. Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- Philippi R.A. (1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. (1848): 17–27.
Further reading
Taxon identifiers | |
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Hesperisternia multangulus |