Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Alternative spelling: Cantharus (Hesperisternia)
Parent taxon: Pisaniinae according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Gardner 1947 and Rosenberg 2005
Sister taxa: Ameranna, Anna, Chauvetia, Ickarus, Preangeria, Solenosteira, Austriumphis
Subtaxa: Hesperisternia corrugata Hesperisternia karinae Hesperisternia miamiensis Hesperisternia multangulus Hesperisternia scissus Hesperisternia tortugera Hesperisternia waltonia
Type: Hesperisternia waltonia
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (1), United States (11: Florida, Georgia)
Total: 19 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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