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."

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."

This species occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean,

Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Venezuela

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