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Polystira albida

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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|name = Polystira albida

|image = Polystira albida (G. Perry, 1811) 2013 000.JPG

|taxon = Polystira albida

|authority = (G. Perry, 1811)

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  • Pleurotoma albida Perry G., 1811 (original combination) (type lost)
  • Pleurotoma virgo Lamarck, 1816
  • Turris albida virgo J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1822
  • Turris nivea Reeve, L.A., 1843

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Polystira albida, common name white giant turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|420396|Polystira albida (G. Perry, 1811)||5 April 2010}}

Distribution

P. albida can be found in Western Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.{{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=1287|title=Polystira albida albida|access-date=12 January 2019}}[http://www.malacolog.org/search.php?nameid=7044 A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca – The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia][http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Polystira+albida Discover Life]

Description

File: Turridae - Polystira albida.JPG of Polystira albida]]

Shells of Polystira albida can reach a size of {{convert|44|-|127|mm}}. These large shells are slender, fusiform, with a narrow and long aperture and a white external surface.

Habitat

These tropical benthic gastropods live at depths of 15 to 229 m.[http://www.sealifebase.fisheries.ubc.ca/summary/Polystira-albida.html Sealife Base]

Life cycle

Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trochophore) and later into juvenile veligers.

Bibliography

  • John Tucker – Catalog of Recent & Fossil Turrids
  • Lamarck, J. B. 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature – Veuve Agasse: Paris.
  • Norman A. Meinkoth – Audubon – Field Guide to North American Shells
  • Perry, G. 1811. – Conchology – William Miller: London.
  • Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas – Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.
  • Reeve, L. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica
  • Todd J.A. & Rawlings T.A. (2014). A review of the Polystira clade — the Neotropic's largest marine gastropod radiation (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae sensu stricto). Zootaxa. 3884(5): 445–491.,
  • Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. (1998) – Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. – American Fisheries Society Special Publication

References

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External links

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  • [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=74818 ITIS]
  • [http://www.eol.org/pages/456561/overview Encyclopedia of life]
  • [http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=8652 Animal Base]
  • {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=1287|title=Polystira albida albida|access-date=16 January 2019}}
  • [https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3884.5.5 Todd J.A. & Rawlings T.A. (2014). A review of the Polystira clade — the Neotropic's largest marine gastropod radiation (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae sensu stricto). Zootaxa. 3884(5): 445-491.]

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Category:Gastropods described in 1811