Peristernia australiensis

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

Peristernia australiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Species:
P. australiensis
Binomial name
Peristernia australiensis
(Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latirus australiensis Reeve, 1847
  • Turbinella australiensis Reeve, 1847

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Ecology edit

Parasites of Peristernia australiensis include trematode Lobatostoma manteri.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Peristernia australiensis (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 3 September 2010.
  2. ^ Alevs, Philippe V.; Vieira, Fabiano M.; Santos, Cláudia P.; Scholz, Tomáš; Luque, José L. (12 February 2015). "A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World". Zootaxa. 3918 (3): 339–96. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3918.3.2. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25781098.