Pyrgocythara guarani
Appearance
Pyrgocythara guarani | |
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Shell of Pyrgocythara guarani | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
Species: | P. guarani
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgocythara guarani (d' Orbigny, 1841)
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Pyrgocythara guarani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.
The brownish shell shows sometimes narrow, lighter bands. The longitudinal ribs are prominent, rounded, crenelating the suture; There are elevated revolving lines.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Florida, USA, and Southeastern Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pyrgocythara guarani (Orbigny, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ^ 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
External links
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pyrgocythara guarani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.