Polystira sunderlandi

Polystira sunderlandi
Shell of Polystira sunderlandi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
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.[1]

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, fusiform, elongate, with high, elevated spire; 6 raised, bladelike, spiral cords on body whorl; spire whorls with 3 cords: cords all equally-spaced and equal-sized; siphonal canal long, straight, with numerous small spiral cords and spiral threads; anal notch narrow, deep, aligned with second cord; shell color light brown with single narrow white band that corresponds to second cord from suture; siphonal canal tan with dark brown anterior tip; interior of aperture tan."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Dredged from) 150 metres depth 50 kilometres South of Apalachicola, Florida, USA."[3]

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.
  2. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 19. Publ: CERF
  3. ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 19. Publ: CERF
  • Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. p. 19, pl. 6, figs. 13–14
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