Hesperisternia multangulus
Species of gastropod
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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]
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| 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) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 24.1 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off Yucatan, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea.