Polystira oxytropis

Polystira oxytropis
	Drawing of a shell of Polystira oxytropis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Turridae
Genus:	Polystira
Species:	P. oxytropis
Binomial name
	Polystira oxytropis; (Sowerby I, 1834)
Synonyms
	Pleuroliria artia Berry, 1957 ·; Pleuroliria parthenia Berry, 1957; Pleurotoma albicarinata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870; Pleurotoma oxytropis Sowerby I, 1834;

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

Description[edit]

The horn-colored shell contains several sharp keels and numerous spiral raised lines. The upper keel is the strongest, angulating the whorls, the surface concave above it. ^[2]

P. oxytropis is considered an "umbrella species" with considerable diversity as shown by DNA sequence data coupled with conchological studies. ^[3]

Distribution[edit]

This is an Eastern Pacific species, occurring off Western Mexico, in the Gulf of Panama and the Pacific coast of Colombia.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Polystira oxytropis (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ 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

Berry S.S. (1957). Notices of new eastern Pacific Mollusca.- I. Leaflets in Malacology. 1(14): 75-82.

External links[edit]

Sowerby, G. B. I. (1833-1834). [Characters of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1833: 16-22, 34-38]

[WoRMS-1] Polystira oxytropis (Sowerby I, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] 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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