Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Alternative combinations: Pleuroliria (Polystira) barretti, Pleurotoma barretti, Turris albida barretti
Belongs to Polystira according to B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva 2010
See also Thomas 1972, Weisbord 1929, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970
Sister taxa: Polystira albida, Polystira antillarum, 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
Type specimen: BMNH 64065, a shell
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Colombia (2 collections), Haiti (1), Jamaica (6), Mexico (1), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Colombia (6), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Maryland), Venezuela (5)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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