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Polystira parthenia

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Polystira parthenia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Turridae
Genus: Polystira
Species:
P. parthenia
Binomial name
Polystira parthenia
Berry, 1957

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

The paratype is located at the USNM.

Distribution

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This species occurs at the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica (Pacific Ocean).

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polystira parthenia Berry, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593935 on 2022-03-27
  • Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.
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