Polystira starretti

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Polystira starretti
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Shell of Polystira starretti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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]

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Description

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs east of Florida Keys, USA, off French Guiana and Colombia.

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References

  1. ↑ Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica12(1): 59–72. abstract.
  2. ↑ Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.


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