| Polystira sunderlandi | |
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| Shell of Polystira sunderlandi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. sunderlandi
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| Binomial name | |
| Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987
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Polystira sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, fusiform, elongate, with high, elevated spire; 6 raised, bladelike, spiral cords on body whorl; spire whorls with 3 cords: cords all equally-spaced and equal-sized; siphonal canal long, straight, with numerous small spiral cords and spiral threads; anal notch narrow, deep, aligned with second cord; shell color light brown with single narrow white band that corresponds to second cord from suture; siphonal canal tan with dark brown anterior tip; interior of aperture tan." [2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth
50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."
[3]
This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida
at a depth of 150 m.
References
- ^ Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 19. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 19. Publ: CERF
- Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. p. 19, pl. 6, figs. 13–14
External links
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| Polystira sunderlandi | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| Shell of Polystira sunderlandi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. sunderlandi
|
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987
| |
Polystira sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, fusiform, elongate, with high, elevated spire; 6 raised, bladelike, spiral cords on body whorl; spire whorls with 3 cords: cords all equally-spaced and equal-sized; siphonal canal long, straight, with numerous small spiral cords and spiral threads; anal notch narrow, deep, aligned with second cord; shell color light brown with single narrow white band that corresponds to second cord from suture; siphonal canal tan with dark brown anterior tip; interior of aperture tan." [2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth
50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."
[3]
This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida
at a depth of 150 m.
References
- ^ Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 19. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 19. Publ: CERF
- Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. p. 19, pl. 6, figs. 13–14
External links
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| This Turridae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |