Polystira tellea | |
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Shell of Polystira tellea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Polystira |
Species: | P. tellea
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Binomial name | |
Polystira tellea (
Dall, 1889)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Pleurotoma albida tellea Dall, 1889 |
Polystira tellea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
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. [2]
P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.; [3] also off French Guiana, Suriname and Colombia. .
Polystira tellea | |
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Shell of Polystira tellea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Turridae |
Genus: | Polystira |
Species: | P. tellea
|
Binomial name | |
Polystira tellea (
Dall, 1889)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Pleurotoma albida tellea Dall, 1889 |
Polystira tellea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids. [1]
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. [2]
P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.; [3] also off French Guiana, Suriname and Colombia. .