Polystira starretti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.[2]
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| Shell of Polystira starretti (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Turridae |
| Genus: | Polystira |
| Species: | P. starretti
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| Binomial name | |
| Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Polystira staretti Petuch, 2002 (misspelling) | |
Description edit
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Distribution edit
This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs east of Florida Keys, USA, off French Guiana and Colombia.
References edit
- ^ Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica 12(1): 59–72. abstract.
- ^ Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Petuch E.J. (2002). New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas. Ruthenica. 12(1): 59–72
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life.
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