Polystira tellea

Polystira tellea
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. tellea
Binomial name
Polystira tellea
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma tellea Dall, 1889

Polystira tellea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]

Distribution

P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Polystira tellea (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. 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.

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