Polystira starretti
Species of gastropod
| Polystira starretti | |
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| Shell of Polystira starretti (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. starretti |
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
| Polystira staretti Petuch, 2002 (misspelling) | |
Polystira starretti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]
Description
Distribution
This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs east of Florida Keys, USA, off French Guiana and Colombia.
References
- ^ Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica 12(1): 59–72. abstract.
- ^ Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Petuch E.J. (2002). New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas. Ruthenica. 12(1): 59–72
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
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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