Peristernia carotiana

Peristernia carotiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Subfamily:	Peristerniinae
Genus:	Peristernia
Species:	P. carotiana
Binomial name
	Peristernia carotiana; (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880)
Synonyms
	Latirus carotianus Tapparone-Canefri, 1880 (basionym)

Peristernia carotiana 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[]

Distribution[]

This species is found in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius

References[]

^ ^a ^b Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 March 2011.

Snyder M.A. & Callomon P. (2010) Tapparone-Canefri’s type material of fasciolariid Gastropoda (Mollusca) at the Genoa Natural History Museum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 31–38. page(s): 32

External links[]

Tapparone Canefri, C. (1881). Glanures dans la faune malacologique de l'Ile Maurice. Catalogue de la famille des Muricidés. 100 pp., 2 pls.

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[WoRMS-1] Peristernia carotiana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1880). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 March 2011.

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