Polystira lindae
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Polystira lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|434711|Polystira lindae Petuch, 1987||5 April 2010}}
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."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
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."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean,
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Venezuela
References
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External links
- [https://dx.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 1987
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