Biology:Polystira gruneri

Short description: Species of gastropod

Polystira gruneri
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. gruneri
Binomial name
Polystira gruneri (Philippi, 1848)
Synonyms
Pleurotoma gruneri Philippi, 1848 Polystira phillipsi Nowell-Usticke, 1969

Polystira gruneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off Puerto Rico.

References

• 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

Wikidata ☰ Q3714660 entry