Polystira oxytropis
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| image_caption = Drawing of a shell of Polystira oxytropis
| taxon = Polystira oxytropis
| authority = (Sowerby I, 1834)
| synonyms =
- Pleuroliria artia Berry, 1957 ·
- Pleuroliria parthenia Berry, 1957
- Pleurotoma albicarinata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
- Pleurotoma oxytropis Sowerby I, 1834
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Polystira oxytropis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|434714|Polystira oxytropis (Sowerby I, 1834)||5 April 2010}}
Description
The horn-colored shell contains several sharp keels and numerous spiral raised lines. The upper keel is the strongest, angulating the whorls, the surface concave above it. [https://ia600307.us.archive.org/10/items/manualconch06tryorich/manualconch06tryorich.pdf G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}
P. oxytropis is considered an "umbrella species" with considerable diversity as shown by DNA sequence data coupled with conchological studies. [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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Distribution
This is an Eastern Pacific species, occurring off Western Mexico, in the Gulf of Panama and the Pacific coast of Colombia.
References
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- Berry S.S. (1957). Notices of new eastern Pacific Mollusca.- I. Leaflets in Malacology. 1(14): 75-82.
External links
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859474 Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 16-22, 34-38]
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