Polystira picta

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Polystira picta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. picta
Binomial name
Polystira picta
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma pictaReeve, 1843
  • Turris rombergiiMörch, O.A.L., 1857

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 36 mm and 57 mm. The shell somewhat more carinated than Turris grandis , with less numerous revolving ribs. The color of the shell is yellowish white with chestnut-brown spots upon the larger ribs, the spots often coalescing into irregular longitudinal stripes. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to Colombia.

It has been found in the shallow subtidal waters of the Gulf of Tehuantepec. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Polystira picta (Reeve, 1843) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.
  2. ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 169; 1884
  3. ↑ Rios-Jara, Eduardo; et al. (2009). "Bivalves and Gastropods of the Gulf of Tehuantepec,Mexico: A Checklist of Species with Notes on Their Habitat and Local Distribution". Journal of Marine Biology. doi: 10.1155/2009/176801 .


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