| Description | Polystira jelskii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae : Polystira : Polystira jelskii |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae : Polystira : Polystira jelskii |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Polystira |
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| Scientific Name | Polystira jelskii (Crosse, 1865) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Polystira jelskii | species | belongs to Pleurotoma | stated with evidence | Crosse, 1865 | | Polystira jelskii | species | belongs to Polystira | stated with evidence | Todd and Johnson, 2013 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Turridae) |
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| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Diet | carnivore (based on Turridae) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4) |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystira_jelskii |
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Polystira jelskii
