Polystira tellea
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| image = Polystira tellea 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Polystira tellea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
| taxon = Polystira tellea
| authority = (Dall, 1889)
| synonyms = Pleurotoma albida tellea Dall, 1889
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Polystira tellea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.{{WRMS species|420398|Polystira tellea (Dall, 1889)||5 April 2010}}
Description
This form differs from the Polystira albida in having the revolving sculpture fainter and more uniform, the transverse sculpture much stronger and more elevated, giving a finely reticulated appearance to the surface. The anal notch is more shallow, the siphonal canal more slender, usually without any umbilical chink.[https://archive.org/details/bulletinofmuseum18harv Dall W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 2, Gastropoda and Scaphopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.;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. also off French Guiana, Suriname and Colombia.
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References
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- Takeda, M. & Okutani, T. Crustaceans and Mollusks Trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Tokio: Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, 353 p., 1983.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
- [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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