Peristernia ustulata
Peristernia ustulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]
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Description
The length of the shell attains 24.8 mm.
Distribution
Peristernia ustulata lives in waters in the Western Pacific including Indonesian, Australian, and Chinese seas.[2]; also off Australia (Torres Strait)
References
- Peristernia ustulata (Reeve, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 April 2010.
- "Peristernia ustulata ustulata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
- Reeve, L. A. (1847). Monograph of the genus Turbinella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pl. 1-13 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1901). New mollusca from Japan, the Loo Choo Islands, Formosa and the Philippines. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 53: 193-208
- Küster, H. C. & Kobelt, W. (1844-1876). Die geschwäntzen unbewehrten Purpurschnecken. Erste Hälfte: Turbinella und Fasciolaria. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Mollusca Gasteropoda: Purpuracea: Purpurschnecken; Dritte Abtheilung. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, ed.2
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