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Peristernia

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Description

Peristernia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. March

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristernia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4368729	https://www.gbif.org/species/4368729
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11504	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11504

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : Peristernia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
subfamily	Peristerniinae	Tryon 1880
genus	Peristernia	Mörch 1852

Scientific Name

Peristernia Mörch, 1852

Name Published In

Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d’Aguirra & Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, &c., Fasciculus primus (Cephalophora), p. 99

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Peristernia	subgenus	belongs to Lathyrus	stated without evidence	Vredenburg, 1923
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Fasciolariidae	stated without evidence	Oostingh, 1935
Peristernia	subgenus	belongs to Latirus	stated without evidence	Turner, 1938
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Fasciolariidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1948
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Fusininae	stated with evidence	MacNeil, 1960
Peristernia	subgenus	belongs to Latirus	stated without evidence	Dey, 1961
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Fasciolariidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1977
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Fasciolariinae	implied	Wilson, 1994
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Fasciolariidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Peristernia	genus	belongs to Peristerniinae	stated with evidence	Snyder, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Fasciolariidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Fasciolariidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peristernia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lathyrus (Peristernia) gautama ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Lathyrus beberianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lathyrus promensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latirus (Peristernia) coxi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Latirus acaulis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Latirus coxi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia acaulis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Peristernia aethiops species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia affinis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia allioni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia altifrons ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia annulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia approximans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia australiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia beberianus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Peristernia bicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia boutetorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia canthariformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia carlajoostae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia carotiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia castanoleuca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia chlorostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia clathrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia columbarium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia cremnochione species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia crocea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia decorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia despecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia eniwetokensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia forskalii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia funiculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia fuscotincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia gautama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia gemmata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia granulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia hilaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia incerta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia iniuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia insula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Peristernia jeaniae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia lirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia loebbeckei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia malvastoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia marquesana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia martini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia melanorhynca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia moltenii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia morundiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia murrayana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia nassatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia neglecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia nigritella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia pagodaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia preluchuana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia promensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Peristernia pulchella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia pumila ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia purpuroides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peristernia reincarnata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia retiaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia rollandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia rosea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia rosella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia rubens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia scabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia scabrosa species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Peristernia schepmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia smithiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia squamosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia sulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia taitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia tayloriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia tulipa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia ustulata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Peristernia venusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia violacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia waluensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peristernia xantochroa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Persona gautama species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ascolatirus Bellardi, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : *Ascolatirus*
Peristerina Yen, 1935	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : *Peristerina*
Ascolathyrus Cossmann, 1901	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : *Ascolathyrus*
Persternia Nomura, 1935	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Fasciolariidae : *Persternia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1852	Peristernia Mörch
1923	Lathyrus (Peristernia) Vredenburg p. 60
1935	Peristernia Oostingh p. 88
1938	Latirus (Peristernia) Turner p. 74
1948	Peristernia Gardner p. 254
1960	Peristernia MacNeil p. 86

Year	Name and Author
1961	Latirus (Peristernia) Dey
1977	Peristernia Ladd p. 56
1994	Peristernia Wilson p. 73
2001	Peristernia Todd
2002	Peristernia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Peristernia Snyder p. 22

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vredenburg E. (1923) Indian Tertiary Gastropoda, No. 5, Fusidae, Turbinellidae, Chrysodomidae, Strepturidae, Buccinidae, Nassidae, Columbellidae, with a short diagnoses of new species by the late E. Vredenburg, Records of the Geological Survey of India 55 1, 52-77

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Turner F. E. (1938) Stratigraphy and Mollusca of the Eocene of western Oregon, Geological Society of America Special Paper 10, 1-130

Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Dey A. K. (1961) The Miocene Mollusca from Quilon, Kerala (India), Palaeontologica Indica 36

Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Snyder M. A. (2003) Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special Publication 21, 1-328

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cat. Conch. Yoldi, 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Snyder M.A. (2003). Four new species of Latirus (Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from the Philippine Islands and the southern Caribbean. Iberus 20(3): 1-9. - via World Register of Marine Species

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