Pyrgocythara densestriata

Pyrgocythara densestriata
Shells of Pyrgocythara densestriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. densestriata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara densestriata
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Mangelia densestriata Adams C. B., 1850

Pyrgocythara densestriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The white shell, without band, contains 10 to 12 longitudinal ribs.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba.and in the West Indies. .

References

  1. ^ a b Pyrgocythara densestriata (Adams C. B., 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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