Peristernia chlorostoma
Shell of Peristernia chlorostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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P. chlorostoma
Binomial name
Peristernia chlorostoma
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latirus newcombii A. Adams, 1855 junior subjective synonym
  • Latirus scabrosus (Reeve, 1847) · unaccepted
  • Peristernia scabrosa (Reeve, 1847)
  • Turbinella chlorostoma G.B. Sowerby I, 1825
  • Turbinella crenulata Kiener, 1840
  • Turbinella scabrosa Reeve, 1847

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 20.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs Hawaii, the Philippines, Cook Islands, Midway, the Mariana Islands and New Caledonia.

References

  • Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.


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