Polystira jelskii
Polystira jelskii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[1]
| Polystira jelskii | |
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| Shell of Polystira jelskii (holotype at USNM) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. jelskii |
| Binomial name | |
| Polystira jelskii (Crosse, 1865) | |
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Description
Distribution
This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.
References
- Rosenberg, G. (2014). Polystira jelskii (Crosse, 1865). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533325 on 2015-01-22}
- Petuch, E. J. Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks: Biogeography and Evolutionary Patterns of Tropical Western Atlantic Mollusks. p. 163; pl. 38; figs. 7, 8.
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