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Peristernia forskalii (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875) 
AphiaID: 225346

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Buccinoidea (Superfamily) > Fasciolariidae (Family) > Peristerniinae (Subfamily) > Peristernia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Peristernia Mörch, 1852
Synonymised
taxa		  Latirus (Peristernia) forskalii (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
 Latirus forskalii Tapparone-Canefri, 1875 (original combination)
Sources  basis of record: Snyder M.A. & Callomon P. (2010) Tapparone-Canefri’s type material of fasciolariid Gastropoda (Mollusca) at the Genoa Natural History Museum. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 159: 31-38.
page(s): 33 [details]

additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

from synonym: Kilburn, R. N. 1972. Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca (2), with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437, 15 figs. [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Forsskal's whelk  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subspecies Peristernia forskalii forskalii (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875)
Subspecies Peristernia forskalii leucothea Melvill, 1891
Environment marine
Distribution East Coast of South Africa [details]
Mozambique [details]
Tanzania (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Images 
Peristernia forskalii
Peristernia forskalii
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
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Peristernia forskalii
Peristernia forskalii
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225346
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-03-21 08:10:26Z  created  Wambiji, Nina
2010-01-26 11:46:32Z  changed  Tran, Bastien
2010-11-17 08:42:40Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-07-04 18:46:28Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Peristernia forskalii (Tapparone-Canefri, 1875). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225346 on 2013-05-21
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