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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Turrinae

Polystira jelskii (Crosse, 1865)


Range: 18.68°N to 16.5°N; 67.25°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 260 to 280 m
Maximum Reported Size: 47  mm

Synonymy

Pleurotoma jelskii Crosse, 1865
Polystira macra Bartsch, 1934

Details


Pleurotoma jelskii Crosse, 1865a, p. 33-34, pl. 1, figs. 6-7
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Guadeloupe
Range: 16.5°N ; 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 47 mm
Distribution: Guadeloupe
References: Crosse (1865a) NSEWM

Polystira macra Bartsch, 1934, p. 10-11, pl. 3, figs. 8-9, 13-14
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Caroline sta. 101, off the north coast of Puerto Rico
Range: 18.68°N to 18.54°N; 67.25°W to 64.83°W
Depth: 260 to 280 m
Maximum Reported Size: 32 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Bartsch (1934) DdNSEWM


Partial List of References

Bartsch, P. 1934. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian Deep-sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican Deep. New mollusks of the family Turritidae Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 91(2) 1-29, 8 pls. [Stated date: 29 May 1934.]
Crosse, H. 1865. Description d'espèces nouvelles de la Guadeloupe Journal de Conchyliologie 13 27-38, pl. 1. [Stated date: 01 Jan 1865.]

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