Pyrgocythara filosa

Pyrgocythara filosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Pyrgocythara
Species: P. filosa
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara filosa
Rehder, 1943

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.

Distribution

P. filosa can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the western coast of Florida south to Colombia.[2]

References

  1. Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.
  • Gastropods.com: Pyrgocythara filosa
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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