''Hesperisternia multangulus'', the ribbed cantharus, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
in the
family Pisaniidae
The Pisaniidae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Buccinoidea.Rosenberg, G. (2018). Pisaniidae Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespeci ...
. The ribbed cantharus was
first formally named by
Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1848 as ''Fusus multangulus''. The
type locality is from the
Yucatán Peninsula.
Description
The length of the shell attains 24.1 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off
Yucatan, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea.
References
Further reading
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
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Pisaniidae
Gastropods described in 1848
Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi