''Polystira parvula'' is a

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of sea snail, a marine gastropod

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in the

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Turridae Turridae is a taxonomic family name for a number of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. MolluscaBase (2018). Turridae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (1838). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polystira parvula Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=993955 on 2022-03-25

Description

The length of the shell attains 14.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off

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References

External links

Espinosa J., Ortea J. & Moro L. (2017). Seis nuevas especies caribeñas del género Polystira Woodring, 1928 (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Turridae). Avicennia. 20: 35-40.
parvula Gastropods described in 2017 {{turridae-stub