Polystira picta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. picta
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| Binomial name | |
| Polystira picta (Reeve, 1843)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 36 mm and 57 mm. The shell somewhat more carinated than Turris grandis, with less numerous revolving ribs. The color of the shell is yellowish white with chestnut-brown spots upon the larger ribs, the spots often coalescing into irregular longitudinal stripes.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to Colombia.
It has been found in the shallow subtidal waters of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Polystira picta (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 169; 1884
- ^ Rios-Jara, Eduardo; et al. (2009). "Bivalves and Gastropods of the Gulf of Tehuantepec,Mexico: A Checklist of Species with Notes on Their Habitat and Local Distribution". Journal of Marine Biology. doi:10.1155/2009/176801.
External links
edit- Reeve, L. A. (1843-1846). Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 1, pl. 1-40 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- 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
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