Hesperisternia multangulus

Hesperisternia multangulus
Shell of Hesperisternia multangulus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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
  • Cantharus multangulus (Philippi, 1848)
  • Fusus multangulus Philippi, 1848 (original combination)

Hesperisternia multangulus, the ribbed cantharus, is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae. The ribbed cantharus was first formally named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1848 as Fusus multangulus. The type locality is from the Yucatán Peninsula.

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Yucatan, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hesperisternia multangula (Philippi, 1848)". catalog.shellmuseum.org. Bailey Matthews National Shell Museum. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Philippi R.A. (1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. (1848): 17–27.

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