Polystira lindae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Description Original description: "Shell small for genus, slender, elongated; whorls rounded, without shoulder; body whorl with 5 large, sharp-edged cords; spire whorls with 3 cords; siphonal canal with numerous fine spiral threads; anal notch narrow, deep; shell color pure white, interior of aperture white; periostracum thick, velvety."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
The shell of the Polystira lindae resembles a cone with a sharp tip.
Distribution Locus typicus: "Gulf of Venezuela - off Punto Fijo, Paraguana Peninsula, Venezuela."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 115. Publ: CERF
This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean,
Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Venezuela
References
External links 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