Polystira albida
| Polystira albida | |
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| 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. albida |
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira albida (G. Perry, 1811) | |
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Polystira albida, common name White Giant Turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
Distribution
P. albida can be found in Western Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.[2][3][4][5]
Description
A shell of Polystira albida
Shells of Polystira albida can reach a size of 44–127 millimetres (1.7–5.0 in).[3][4] These large shells are slender, fusiform, with a narrow and long aperture and a white external surface.
Habitat
These tropical benthic gastropods live at at depths of 15 to 229 m. [4][6]
Life cycle
Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trocophore) and later into juvenile veligers. [6]
Bibliography
- John Tucker - Catalog of Recent & Fossil Turrids
- Lamarck, J. B. 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature - Veuve Agasse: Paris.
- Norman A. Meinkoth - Audubon - Field Guide to North American Shells
- Perry, G. 1811. - Conchology - William Miller: London.
- Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas - Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Reeve, L. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica
- 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.,
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. (1998) - Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. - American Fisheries Society Special Publication
References
- 1 2 Polystira albida (G. Perry, 1811). 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.
- 1 2 Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods
- 1 2 3 A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca - The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
- ↑ Discover Life
- 1 2 Sealife Base
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