Pyrgocythara cinctella
Appearance
Pyrgocythara cinctella | |
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Shell of Pyrgocythara cinctella (museum specimen at Mnhn, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
Species: | P. cinctella
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
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Pyrgocythara cinctella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]P. cinctella can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Campeche to Brazil.;[2] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.
References
[edit]- ^ Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
- ^ 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.
- G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas[permanent dead link]
- Faber, M.J. (2004) Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of Gibberula pfeifferi new name (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Miscellanea Malacologica, 1, 49–71
External links
[edit]- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pyrgocythara caribaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.
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