Bactrocythara agachada

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Bactrocythara agachada
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Bactrocythara
Species:
B. agachada
Binomial name
Bactrocythara agachada
Rolan et al, 1994

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

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Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Africa

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References

  1. Rolán, Otero-Schmitt & Fernandes (1994). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Bactrocythara agachada, 1994". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 9 March 2017.