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Hesperisternia multangulus

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Hesperisternia multangulus
Shell of Hesperisternia multangulus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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.[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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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