| Polystira albida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. albida |
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira albida (G. Perry, 1811) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Polystira albida, common name white giant turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
P. albida can be found in Western Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Shells of Polystira albida can reach a size of 44–127 millimetres (1.7–5.0 in). [3] [4] These large shells are slender, fusiform, with a narrow and long aperture and a white external surface.
These tropical benthic gastropods live at depths of 15 to 229 m. [4] [6]
Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trochophore) and later into juvenile veligers. [6]
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Polystira lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Polystira macra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
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Polystira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
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