Biology:Hesperisternia karinae

Short description: Species of gastropod

Hesperisternia karinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Hesperisternia
Species:	H. karinae
Binomial name
Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1959)
Synonyms
Cantharus karinae Nowell-Usticke, 1959 (original combination) Pisania karinae (Nowell-Usticke, 1959) Pollia karinae (Nowell-Usticke, 1959)

Hesperisternia karinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pisaniidae.

References

• Watters G.T. & Fraussen K. (2015). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genus Engina with notes on Hesperisternia (Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae). The Nautilus. 129(3): 95-117
• Daccarett, E. Y. & Bossio, V. S. 2011. Colombian Seashells from the Caribbean Sea. L'Informatore Piceno. 384pp.
• Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN:1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.

External links

• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

Wikidata ☰ Q5745919 entry