Hesperisternia multangulus

Hesperisternia multangulus, the ribbed cantharus, is a species of sea snail in the family Pisaniidae.^[1][2] The ribbed cantharus was first formally named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1848 as Fusus multangulus.^[3] The type locality is from the Yucatán Peninsula.^[1]

Hesperisternia multangulus
Shell of Hesperisternia multangulus (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Pisaniidae
Genus:	Hesperisternia
Species:	H. multangulus
Binomial name
Hesperisternia multangulus (Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms
Cantharus multangulus (Philippi, 1848) Fusus multangulus Philippi, 1848 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.1 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off Yucatan, Mexico in the Caribbean Sea.