Polystira starretti
Shell of Polystira starretti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Description

Distribution

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

References

  1. Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica 12(1): 59–72. abstract.
  2. Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Petuch E.J. (2002). New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas. Ruthenica. 12(1): 59–72
  • Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.


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