Polystira albida, common name white giant turris, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Distribution P. albida can be found in Western Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 669.A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca – The Academy of Natural Sciences, PhiladelphiaDiscover Life
Description
Shells of Polystira albida can reach a size of . These large shells are slender, fusiform, with a narrow and long aperture and a white external surface.
Habitat These tropical benthic gastropods live at depths of 15 to 229 m.Sealife Base
Life cycle Embryos develop into free-swimming planktonic marine larvae (trochophore) and later into juvenile veligers.
Bibliography John Tucker – Catalog of Recent & Fossil Turrids Lamarck, J. B. 1816. Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique des Trois Règnes de la Nature – Veuve Agasse: Paris. Norman A. Meinkoth – Audubon – Field Guide to North American Shells Perry, G. 1811. – Conchology – William Miller: London. Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean molluscan faunas – Coastal Education & Research Foundation: Charlottesville, Virginia. Reeve, L. 1843. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 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., 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
References
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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.