Pyrgocythara laqueata
| Pyrgocythara laqueata | |
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| Shell of Pyrgocythara laqueata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
| Species: | P. laqueata |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgocythara laqueata (Reeve, L.A., 1846) | |
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Pyrgocythara laqueata, common name the tied mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This is a taxon inquirendum.
Description
The few ribs of the shell are stout and remote. The sinus is not very distinct. The color of the shell is dull white.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs off the West Indies.
References
- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Pyrgocythara laqueata
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
- Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1–8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- "Mangilia laqueata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.