Polystira antillarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Polystira antillarum | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Polystira antillarum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. antillarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Polystira antillarum (Crosse, 1865)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma antillarum Crosse, 1865 (non d'Orbigny, 1848) | |
Description
edit(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
editThis marine species occurs in the West Indies (Guadeloupe).
References
edit- ^ a b 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
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4)