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Peristernia reincarnata
Shell of Peristernia reincarnata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Peristernia
Species:	P. reincarnata
Binomial name
Peristernia reincarnata Snyder, 2000
Synonyms
Peristernia incarnata sensu Kiener, 1840

Peristernia reincarnata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

The shell size varies between 18 mm and 34 mm and has a maximum width of 11.8 mm

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2011)

Distribution

This species can be found in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

References

1. ^ Peristernia reincarnata Snyder, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 September 2010.

• Martin Avery Snyder (2000), Nomenclatural emendations in the family Fasciolariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda), Proceedings of the Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia 150, 173–179

External links

• "Peristernia reincarnata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 10 March 2011.

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