Peristernia ustulata

Peristernia ustulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.^[1]

Peristernia ustulata
Shell of Peristernia ustulata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Peristernia
Species:	P. ustulata
Binomial name
Peristernia ustulata (Reeve, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
Peristernia ustulata var. luchuana Pilsbry, 1901 Turbinella caledonica Petit de la Saussaye, 1851 Turbinella infracincta Kobelt, 1876 (junior synonym) Turbinella iricolor Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Turbinella ustulata Reeve, 1847

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.8 mm.

var. luchuana

Distribution

Peristernia ustulata lives in waters in the Western Pacific including Indonesian, Australian, and Chinese seas.;^[2] also off Australia (Torres Strait)