Polystira parthenia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Polystira parthenia Berry, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593935 on 2022-03-27
The paratype is located at the USNM.
Distribution This species occurs at the Gulf of Nicoya, Costa Rica (Pacific Ocean).
References
Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.
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.