Hesperisternia multangulus
| Hesperisternia multangulus | |
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| Shell of Hesperisternia multangulus (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Hesperisternia |
| Species: | H. multangulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hesperisternia multangulus, the ribbed cantharus, is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae.[1][2] The ribbed cantharus was first formally named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1848 as Fusus multangulus.[3] The type locality is from the Yucatán Peninsula.[1]
Description
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The length of the shell attains 24.1 mm.
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs off Yucatan, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea.
References
[edit]- 1 2 Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ↑ "Hesperisternia multangula (Philippi, 1848)". catalog.shellmuseum.org. Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
- ↑ Philippi R.A. (1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. (1848): 17–27.