Hesperisternia harasewychi
| Hesperisternia harasewychi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Hesperisternia |
| Species: | H. harasewychi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)
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Hesperisternia harasewychi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
Description
[edit]Original description: "Shell thin, inflated with elevated spire; 8 strong varices per whorl; body whorl ornamented with 4 large spiral cords; numerous fine threads between large cords; 4 large knobs per varix, produced by intersections of varix with spiral cord; siphonal canal short, stumpy, ornamented with numerous spiral threads; interior of aperture with large, well-developed plications on inner side of lip; suture incised, indented, producing scalariform effect; shell color bright yellow-orange, orange red, or salmon-pink; paratype (ANSP) with anterior half of body whorl bright pinkish-orange, posterior half bright yellow, producing two-toned color pattern; aperture and columella white."[2]
Distribution
[edit]Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth
50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 16. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 16. Publ: CERF