Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combinations: Pleuroliria (Polystira) albida, Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) albida, Pleurotoma albida, Turris (Polystira) albida, Turris albida
Belongs to Polystira according to J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson 2013
See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, DuBar 1958, Hanna 1926, Landau and Marques da Silva 2010, Mansfield 1925, Martin 1904, Maury 1917, Oinomikado 1939, Olsson 1922, Weisbord 1929, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Polystira antillarum, Polystira barretti, Polystira bayeri, Polystira coltrorum, Polystira communis, Polystira ecuadoriana, Polystira englishi, Polystira florencae, Polystira formosissima, Polystira gruneri, Polystira haitensis, Polystira jelskii, Polystira lindae, Polystira macra, Polystira opulenta, Polystira oxytropis, Polystira starretti, Polystira sunderlandi, Polystira tellea, Polystira tenagos, Polystira vibex, Polystira virgo
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Saudi Arabia (1 collection), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (3), the Dominican Republic (6)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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