Pyrgocythara crassicostata

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Pyrgocythara crassicostata
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Shell of Pyrgocythara crassicostata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. crassicostata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara crassicostata
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms [1]

Mangilia badiaL.A. Reeve, 1846

Pyrgocythara crassicostata, commonly known as the plicate mangelia, 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 attains 5.6 mm.

The dark chestnut-brown shell is plicately ribbed and transversely strongly plicated. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Jamaica and Colombia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pyrgocythara crassicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533363 on 2018-01-17
  2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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