Polystira parthenia

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

Polystira parthenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. parthenia
Binomial name
Polystira parthenia
Berry, 1957

The paratype is located at the USNM.

Distribution

This species occurs at the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica (Pacific Ocean).

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polystira parthenia Berry, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593935 on 2022-03-27
  • Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.
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