Polystira gruneri

Species of gastropod

Polystira gruneri
Shell of Polystira gruneri (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. gruneri
Binomial name
Polystira gruneri
(Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma gruneri Philippi, 1848
  • Polystira phillipsi Nowell-Usticke, 1969

Polystira gruneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs off Martinique in the Caribbean Sea and off Puerto Rico.

References

  1. ^ a b Polystira gruneri (Philippi, 1848). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Todd J.A. & Rawlings T.A. (2014). A review of the Polystira clade — the Neotropic’s largest marine gastropod radiation (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae sensu stricto). Zootaxa. 3884(5): 445–491
Taxon identifiers
Polystira gruneri
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