Pleurotoma albida tellea Dall, 1889 Polystira tellea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turridae, the turrids.

[1] This form differs from the Polystira albida in having the revolving sculpture fainter and more uniform, the transverse sculpture much stronger and more elevated, giving a finely reticulated appearance to the surface.

The anal notch is more shallow, the siphonal canal more slender, usually without any umbilical chink.

[2] P. tellea can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from Texas to western Florida.

;[3] also off French Guiana, Suriname and Colombia.