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Polystira starretti
Shell of Polystira starretti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Polystira
Species:	P. starretti
Binomial name
Polystira starretti Petuch, 2002
Synonyms
Polystira staretti Petuch, 2002 (misspelling)

Polystira starretti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Description

This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010)

Distribution

This marine species has a wide distribution and occurs east of Florida Keys, USA, off French Guiana and Colombia.

References

1. Petuch E. J. (2002). "New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas". Ruthenica 12(1): 59–72. abstract.
2. 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.

External links

• Todd J.A. & Rawlings T.A. (2014). A review of the Polystira clade — the Neotropic's largest marine gastropod radiation (Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turridae sensu stricto). Zootaxa. 3884(5): 445-491

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