Hesperisternia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.[1]
| Hesperisternia | |
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| Preserved specimen - Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Pisaniidae |
| Genus: | Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944 |
| Type species | |
| Hesperisternia waltonia J. Gardner, 1944 † | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Muricantharus Olsson, 1971 | |
Species edit
Species within the genus Hesperisternia include:
- Hesperisternia elegans (Dall, 1908)
- Hesperisternia grandana (Abbott, 1986)
- Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)[2]
- Hesperisternia jugosa (C. B. Adams, 1852)
- Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1959)[3]
- Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848)[4]
- Hesperisternia panamica (Hertlein & Strong, 1951)
- Hesperisternia shaskyi (Berry, 1959)
- Hesperisternia sulzyckii Petuch & R. F. Myers, 2014
- Hesperisternia vibex (Broderip, 1833)
- † Hesperisternia waltonia J. Gardner, 1944
- Species brought into synonymy
- Hesperisternia itzamnai Watters, 2009:[5] synonym of Engina itzamnai (Watters, 2009) (original combination)
- Hesperisternia lauta (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Engina lauta (Reeve, 1846)
References edit
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2018). Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415466 on 2018-01-11
- ^ Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
- ^ Hesperisternia itzamnai Watters, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
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