Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 108421

Alternative combinations: Pleuroliria (Polystira) ecuadoriana, Polystira oxytropis ecuadoriana

Belongs to Polystira according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Polystira albida, Polystira antillarum, Polystira barretti, Polystira bayeri, Polystira coltrorum, Polystira communis, Polystira englishi, Polystira florencae, Polystira formosissima, Polystira gruneri, Polystira haitensis, Polystira jelskii, Polystira lindae, Polystira macra, Polystira opulenta, Polystira oxytropis, Polystira starretti, Polystira sunderlandi, Polystira tellea, Polystira tenagos, Polystira vibex, Polystira virgo

Type specimen: USNM 643960, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore