Polystira sunderlandi | |
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Shell of Polystira sunderlandi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Polystira |
Species: | P. sunderlandi |
Binomial name | |
Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987 | |
Polystira sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
Original description: "Shell small for genus, fusiform, elongate, with high, elevated spire; 6 raised, bladelike, spiral cords on body whorl; spire whorls with 3 cords: cords all equally-spaced and equal-sized; siphonal canal long, straight, with numerous small spiral cords and spiral threads; anal notch narrow, deep, aligned with second cord; shell color light brown with single narrow white band that corresponds to second cord from suture; siphonal canal tan with dark brown anterior tip; interior of aperture tan." [2]
Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA." [3]
This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida
at a depth of 150 m.
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