Biology:Polystira sunderlandi

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

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

Distribution

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

References

• Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. p. 19, pl. 6, figs. 13–14

External links

• 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 ☰ Q3140513 entry