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Polystira

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Description

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

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystira, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2305179	https://www.gbif.org/species/2305179
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11547	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11547

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae : Polystira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Turridae	Swainson 1840
genus	Polystira	Woodring 1928

Scientific Name

Polystira Woodring, 1928

Name Published In

Woodring, Wendell P. 1928. Contributions to the geology and palaeontology of the West Indies. Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II, Gastropods and discussion of results. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington no.385: i-vii; 1-564; pls. 1-40.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turrinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1928
Polystira	subgenus	belongs to Turris	stated without evidence	Oinomikado, 1939
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turrinae	stated without evidence	DuBar, 1958
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turrinae	stated with evidence	Olsson, 1964
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turrinae	stated without evidence	Addicott, 1970
Polystira	subgenus	belongs to Pleuroliria	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1970
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turrinae	stated without evidence	Petuch, 1988
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turridae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Polystira	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turrinae	stated with evidence	Landau and Marques da Silva, 2010
Polystira	genus	belongs to Turridae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

17 (71%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Turridae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Turridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystira

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pleurotoma barretti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotoma communis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotoma haitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira alaquaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira albida species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Polystira albidoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira andersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira antillarum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira artia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira barretti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		31	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Polystira bayeri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira coltrorum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira communis species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Polystira cubacaribbaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira ecuadoriana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Polystira eloinae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira englishi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polystira fargoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira florencae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira formosissima species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira gruneri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira haitensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		19	16.0 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Polystira jaguaella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira jelskii species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira jiguaniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira juangrinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira lindae species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira macra species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira nobilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira opulenta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Polystira oxytropis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Polystira parthenia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira parvula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira picta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira starretti species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira sunderlandi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira tampensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polystira tellea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira tenagos ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	20.4 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Polystira vibex species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Polystira virgo species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Oxytropa Glibert, 1955	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae : *Oxytropa*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Polystira Woodring p. 145
1939	Turris (Polystira) Oinomikado p. 624
1955	Oxytropa Glibert
1958	Polystira DuBar p. 185
1964	Polystira Olsson p. 89
1970	Polystira Addicott p. 127

Year	Name and Author
1970	Pleuroliria (Polystira) Woodring p. 363
1988	Polystira Petuch p. 163
2001	Polystira Todd
2002	Polystira Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Polystira Landau and Marques da Silva p. 110
2011	Polystira Bouchet et al. p. 297

References

Woodring W. P. (1928) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Oinomikado T. (1939) Miocene Mollusca from the Neighbourhood of Cucurrupi, Department of Chocó, Colombia, Transactions of the Palaeontological Society of Japan 46, 617-630

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

Olsson A. A. (1964) , Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Woodring W. P. (1970) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 D, 299-452

Petuch E. J. (1988) , Neogene History of Tropical American Mollusks, 1-217

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

Bouchet P., Kantor Yu. I., et al (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda), Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 3, 273-308 doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mioc. Moll. Bowden (Carnegie Inst.), 2, 7 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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