Polystira picta

Polystira picta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1] It has been found in the shallow subtidal waters of the Gulf of Tehuantepec.[2]

Polystira picta
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. picta
Binomial name
Polystira picta
(Reeve, 1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pleurotoma picta Reeve, 1843
  • Turris rombergii Mörch, O.A.L., 1857

Description

The 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.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of California, Western Mexico to Colombia.

References
  1. Polystira picta (Reeve, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. 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.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology VI, p. 169; 1884


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