Polystira tellea
Polystira tellea | |
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Shell of Polystira tellea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
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Phylum: | Mollusca
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Class: | Gastropoda
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Family: | Turridae
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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]
Description[]
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Distribution[]
P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.[2]; also off French Guyana .
References[]
- ^ a b Polystira tellea (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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Categories:
- Turridae
- Gastropods described in 1889
- Turridae stubs