Polystira antillarum

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Polystira antillarum
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Drawing of a shell of Polystira antillarum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. antillarum
Binomial name
Polystira antillarum
(Crosse, 1865)
Synonyms [1]

Pleurotoma antillarumCrosse, 1865 (non d'Orbigny, 1848)

Contents

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

Description

(Description of Pleurotoma virgo) The shell is ridged and striated, the central ridge forming a carina. The shell is usually glossy white, but when covered by its epidermis corneous. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the West Indies (Guadeloupe).

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polystira antillarum (Crosse, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=828437 on 2022-03-25
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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