Polystira lindae | |
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Shell of Polystira lindae (holotype at USNM) | |
Scientific classification | |
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]
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.
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
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