Polystira tellea

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

Polystira tellea
Shell of Polystira tellea (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. tellea
Binomial name
Polystira tellea
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma albida tellea Dall, 1889

Description

This form differs from the Polystira albida in having the revolving sculpture fainter and more uniform, the transverse sculpture much stronger and more elevated, giving a finely reticulated appearance to the surface. The anal notch is more shallow, the siphonal canal more slender, usually without any umbilical chink. [2]

Distribution

P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.[3]; also off French Guiana, Suriname and Colombia. .

References

  • Takeda, M. & Okutani, T. Crustaceans and Mollusks Trawled off Suriname and French Guiana. Tokio: Japan Marine Fishery Resource Research Center, 353 p., 1983.
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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