Peristernia chlorostoma
| Peristernia chlorostoma | |
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| Shell of Peristernia chlorostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Fasciolariidae |
| Genus: | Peristernia |
| Species: | P. chlorostoma
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| Binomial name | |
| Peristernia chlorostoma (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
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Peristernia chlorostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 20.5 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs Hawaii, the Philippines, Cook Islands, Midway, the Mariana Islands and New Caledonia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Peristernia chlorostoma (Sowerby, 1825). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- 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.
External links
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- Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp
- Reeve, L. A. (1847). Monograph of the genus Turbinella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pl. 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Kiener L.C. 1840-1841. Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 6. Famille des Canalifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Pyrule (Pyrula), Lamarck, pp. 1-34
- Adams, A. (1855). Description of twenty-seven new species of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1854) 22: 311-317
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