Polystira macra

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

Polystira macra
Shell of Polystira macra (holotype at the USNM)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. macra
Binomial name
Polystira macra
Bartsch, 1934

Description

Distribution

This marine species off Puerto Rico at a depth between 476 m and 658 m.

References

  1. Polystira macra Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Bartsch, Paul, and Fund Johnson. New mollusks of the family Turritidae. na, 1934.


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