Biology:Peristernia reincarnata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Peristernia reincarnata
Peristernia reincarnata (MNHN-IM-2013-10357).jpeg
Shell of Peristernia reincarnata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Species:
P. reincarnata
Binomial name
Peristernia reincarnata
Snyder, 2000
Synonyms[1]

Peristernia incarnata sensu Kiener, 1840

Peristernia reincarnata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 18 mm and 34 mm and has a maximum width of 11.8 mm

Juvenile

Distribution

This species can be found in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines , Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Western Australia .

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Peristernia reincarnata Snyder, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2010.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7168838 entry