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Polystira oxytropis (G. B. Sowerby I 1834)

Polystira oxytropis

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

Description

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

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

References

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

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Polystira oxytropis: Brief Summary

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

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