Polystira lindae
Shell of Polystira lindae (holotype at USNM)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Description

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.

Distribution

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

References

  1. Polystira lindae Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
  3. Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF


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