Pyrgocythara albovittata

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Pyrgocythara albovittata
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Shell of Pyrgocythara albovittata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. albovittata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara albovittata
(Adams C. B., 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mangelia luteofasciataReeve, L.A., 1845
  • Pleurotoma albovittataAdams C. B., 1845 (original combination)
  • Pyrgocythara luteofasciata(L.A. Reeve, 1845)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.4 mm.

The orange-banded shell is ovately oblong. The whorls have a narrow shoulder. They are longitudinally strongly ribbed with white, obtuse ribs close-set.

This species was described and figured by Reeve a few months later, under the name of Mangilia luteofasciata, and without locality. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

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