Hesperisternia miamiensis Petuch 1991 (true whelk)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Belongs to Hesperisternia according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010

Sister taxa: Hesperisternia corrugata, Hesperisternia karinae, Hesperisternia multangulus, Hesperisternia scissus, Hesperisternia tortugera, Hesperisternia waltonia

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution: found only at Golden Gate Mbr, Tamiami Fm (Pliocene of Florida)

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