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Polystira jelskii

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Polystira jelskii
Shell of Polystira jelskii (holotype at USNM)
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Synonyms
  • Pleurotoma jelskii Crosse, 1865 (original combination)
  • Polystira hilli Petuch, 1988

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

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

References

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  1. ^ 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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