Pyrgocythara guarani

Pyrgocythara guarani
Shell of Pyrgocythara guarani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Pyrgocythara
Species: P. guarani
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara guarani
(d' Orbigny, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Mangilia) guarani (Orbigny, 1841)
  • Mangelia guarani (Orbigny, 1841)
  • Pleurotoma guarani Orbigny, 1841 (original description)
  • Pleurotoma obesicostata Reeve, L.A., 1846

Pyrgocythara guarani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

The brownish shell shows sometimes narrow, lighter bands. The longitudinal ribs are prominent, rounded, crenulating the suture; There are elevated revolving lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Florida, USA, and Southeastern Brazil.

References

  1. 1 2 Pyrgocythara guarani (Orbigny, 1841).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ 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.
  • d'Orbigny. Moll. Amer. Mer., p. 445, pl. Ixxvii, f. 13, 14
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Pyrgocythara guarani

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