Polystira [SEP] parent taxon
Polystira
Polystira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Paul Bartsch (1934) states the genus "Polystira" was created by W. P. Woodring in 1928 for certain large West Indian turrids. He named the largest of the recent species, generally known as "Pleurotoma albida" Perry, as type. Unfortunately, the mollusk so designated is not "Pleurotoma albida" Perry, which Perry states " is frequently found at New Zealand and Lord Howe Island." Perry
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- "Polystira florencae"
- "Polystira formosissima"
- "Polystira gruneri"
- "Polystira jelskii"
- "Polystira lindae"
- "Polystira macra"
- "Polystira nobilis"
- "Polystira oxytropis"
- "Polystira parthenia"
- "Polystira picta"
- "Polystira starretti"
- "Polystira sunderlandi"
- "Polystira tellea"
- "Polystira vibex"
- Species brought into synonymy:
- "Polystira hilli" :