Peristernia nassatula 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 nassatula
Peristernia nassatula shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Species:
P. nassatula
Binomial name
Peristernia nassatula
(Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Latirus nassatula (Lamarck, 1822)
  • Peristernia deshayesii (Kobelt, 1876)
  • Peristernia nassatula var. deshayesii (Kobelt, 1876) (junior synonym)
  • Turbinella deshayesi Kobelt, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Turbinella microstoma Kobelt, 1876 (junior synonym)
  • Turbinella nassatula Lamarck, 1822

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines and off Papua New Guinea

References

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  1. ^ a b Peristernia nassatula (Lamarck, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 September 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.
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Marais J.P. & R.N. Kilburn (2010) Fasciolariidae. Pp. 106-137, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
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