Peristernia ustulata

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Peristernia ustulata
File:Peristernia ustulata (MNHN-IM-2000-6503).jpeg
Shell of Peristernia ustulata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Species:
P. ustulata
Binomial name
Peristernia ustulata
(Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Peristernia ustulata var. luchuana Pilsbry, 1901
  • Turbinella caledonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1851
  • Turbinella infracincta Kobelt, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Turbinella iricolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848
  • Turbinella ustulata Reeve, 1847

Peristernia ustulata (singed peristernia) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1][2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 24.8 mm. The species is a non-broadcast spawner without a trocophore stage.[2]

File:Peristernia ustulata 01.jpg
var. luchuana

Distribution

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Peristernia ustulata lives in waters in the Western Pacific including Indonesian, Australian, and Chinese seas.;[3] also off Australia (Torres Strait) at depth of 10-41m.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Peristernia ustulata (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
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  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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