Pyrgocythara astricta

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Pyrgocythara astricta
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Original image of a shell of Pyrgocythara astricta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. astricta
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara astricta
(Reeve, L.A., 1846)
Synonyms

Mangelia astrictaReeve, L.A., 1846

Pyrgocythara astricta, common name the tied mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

Contents

This species is a nomen dubium.

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate. The spire is rather short, the sutures deep. The shell is longitudinally ribbed, with numerous ribs rather close-set. The color of the shell is whitish, encircled with a narrow brown zone. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Florida, USA

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