Polystira lindae
Species of gastropod
| Polystira lindae | |
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| Shell of Polystira lindae (holotype at USNM) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. lindae |
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira lindae Petuch, 1987 | |
Polystira lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, slender, elongated; whorls rounded, without shoulder; body whorl with 5 large, sharp-edged cords; spire whorls with 3 cords; siphonal canal with numerous fine spiral threads; anal notch narrow, deep; shell color pure white, interior of aperture white; periostracum thick, velvety."[2]
The shell of the Polystira lindae resembles a cone with a sharp tip.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Gulf of Venezuela -
off Punto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela."[3]
This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean,
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Venezuela
References
- ^ Polystira lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
External links
- 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
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