Polystira

''Polystira'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turridae, the turrids.

Taxonomy

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's figure 4, plate 32, of this species does not agree with the West Indian material. It clearly resembles certain shells from North Australia in the collection of the National Museum. The name is, therefore, not applicable to the West Indian shell, which will have to carry the next available designation. Lamarck in 1816, in his " Tableau Encyclopedique et Methodique ", figured on plate 439, as figure 2, the West Indian shell without naming it. Wood, in 1818, in his " Index Testaceologicus ", on page 125, names this species ''Murex virgo'', referring to Lamarck's figure cited above. This appears to be the oldest available name for the type species. The type of ''Polystira'' Woodring must therefore be ''Murex virgo'' Wood = ''Polystira albida'' Woodring, not Perry.

Distribution

This marine genus occurs on the American continent. Its radiation is extensive within its tropics and subtropics with a high species diversity. Several species also occur in the tropical eastern Pacific. 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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Species

Almost 100 extant species have not yet been described.

Species recognized within the genus ''Polystira'' include:
* '' Polystira albida'' (G. Perry, 1811)
* '' Polystira antillarum'' (Crosse, 1865)
* '' Polystira artia'' Berry, 1957
* '' Polystira bayeri'' Petuch, 2001
* '' Polystira coltrorum'' Petuch, 1993
*'' Polystira cubacaribbaea Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017
* '' Polystira eloinae'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017
* '' Polystira florencae'' Bartsch, 1934
* '' Polystira formosissima'' (Smith E. A., 1915)
* '' Polystira gruneri'' (Philippi, 1848)
* '' Polystira jaguaella'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017
* '' Polystira jelskii'' (Crosse, 1865)
* '' Polystira jiguaniensis'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017
* '' Polystira juangrinensis'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017
* '' Polystira lindae'' Petuch, 1987
* '' Polystira macra'' Bartsch, 1934
* '' Polystira nobilis'' (Hinds, 1843)
* '' Polystira oxytropis'' (G.B. Sowerby I, 1834)
* '' Polystira parthenia'' Berry, 1957
* '' Polystira parvula'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017
* '' Polystira picta'' (Reeve, 1843)
* '' Polystira starretti'' Petuch, 2002
* '' Polystira sunderlandi'' Petuch, 1987
* '' Polystira tellea'' (Dall, 1889)
* '' Polystira vibex'' (Dall, 1889)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Polystira barretti'' (Guppy, 1866): synonym of '' Polystira albida'' (G. Perry, 1811)
* ''Polystira hilli'' Petuch, 1988: synonym of '' Polystira jelskii'' (Crosse, 1865)
* ''Polystira phillipsi'' Nowell-Usticke, 1969: synonym of '' Polystira gruneri'' (Philippi, 1848)
* ''Polystira staretti'' Petuch, 2002 : synonym of '' Polystira starretti'' Petuch, 2002

References

* Perry, G. (1811) Conchology. iv + 5 pp. 1 platesWilliam Miller: London
* Guppy, R.J.L. (1866) On the Tertiary Mollusca of Jamaica. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 22, 281–295.
* Berry, S.S. (1957) Notices of new Eastern Pacific Mollusca.—I. Leaflets in Malacology, 1, 75–82.
* Petuch, E.J. (1987) New Caribbean molluscan faunas. Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Charlottesville, Virginia, 154 pp.
* Petuch, E.J. (1993) Una nuova Polystira/A new Polystira. La Conchiglia: Rivista Internazionale di Malacologia/The Shell: International Shell Magazine, 267, 62–63.
* Petuch, E.J. (2001) New gastropods named for Frederick M. Bayer, in recognition of his contributions to tropical western Atlantic malacology. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 10, 334–343.
* Petuch, E.J. (2002) New deep water gastropods from the Bimini Shelf, Bimini Chain, Bahamas. Ruthenica, 12, 59–72

External links

Woodring W.P.B. (1928). Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls.

Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295


Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308.

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

Turridae

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