''Hesperisternia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classifi ...
.
[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]
Species
Species within the genus ''Hesperisternia'' include:
* ''
Hesperisternia elegans''
(Dall, 1908)
* ''
Hesperisternia grandana''
(Abbott, 1986)
* ''
Hesperisternia harasewychi''
(Petuch, 1987)
* ''
Hesperisternia jugosa''
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
* ''
Hesperisternia karinae
''Hesperisternia karinae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusc ...
''
(Usticke, 1959)
* ''
Hesperisternia multangulus''
(Philippi, 1848)
* ''
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:
synonym of ''
Engina itzamnai''
(Watters, 2009) (original combination)
* ''Hesperisternia lauta''
(Reeve, 1846): synonym of ''
Engina lauta''
(Reeve, 1846)
References
Pisaniidae
Gastropod genera
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