Polystira sunderlandi

Polystira sunderlandi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Polystira sunderlandi
Shell of Polystira sunderlandi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Turridae
Subfamily:
Turrinae
Genus:
Polystira
Species:
P. sunderlandi
Binomial name
Polystira sunderlandi
Petuch, 1987

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean off Florida at a depth of 150 m.

References
  1. Polystira sunderlandi Petuch, 1987. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. p. 19, pl. 6, figs. 13–14


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