Hesperisternia

Hesperisternia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pisaniidae.[1]

Hesperisternia
Preserved specimen - Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Hesperisternia J. Gardner, 1944
Synonyms
Muricantharus Olsson, 1971

Species

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

1. 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
2. Hesperisternia harasewychi (Petuch, 1987). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
3. Hesperisternia karinae (Usticke, 1959). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
4. Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.
5. Hesperisternia itzamnai Watters, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.