Pyrgocythara urceolata

Pyrgocythara urceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Pyrgocythara
Species: P. urceolata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara urceolata
Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and Angola.

References

  • Rolan, E. & J. Otero-Schmitt 1999. Argonauta, 13(1): 5-26, figs. 79-82
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
  • American Museum of Natural History: Pyrgocythara urceolata
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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