Peristernia

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Peristernia
Peristernia nassatula shell
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Peristernia
Mörch, 1852[1]
Type species
Turbinella nassatula Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Ascolatirus Bellardi, 1884
  • Latirus (Peristernia) Möch, 1852
  • Plicatella (Peristernia) Mörch, 1852
  • Turbinella (Peristernia) Mörch, 1852 (original rank)

Peristernia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Peristerniinae of the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

The shell is subturreted, not umbilicated. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed. The aperture is oval. The siphonal canal is moderate and recurved. The outer lip is thin and crenulated. The columella shows one or two slight plaits anteriorly.[3]

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