Pyrgocythara plicosa

Pyrgocythara plicosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. plicosa
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms [1]
Clathurella jewettiStearns, 1873 Mangelia plicosaC. B. Adams, 1850 Pleurotoma brunneaPerkins, 1869 Pleurotoma plicataC. B. Adams, 1840 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma plicataLamarck, 1804; Pleurotoma plicosa and P. brunneaPerkins, 1869 are replacement names) Pleurotoma plicosa(C. B. Adams, 1850) Pyrgospira plicosa(C. B. Adams, 1850)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

P. plicosa can be found in Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts, United States to south to Panama. ^[2] Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the United States (Florida, New Jersey) age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma.

References

1. Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850) . Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160476 on 11 August 2011 .
2. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.

• * Adams, C.B. (1840) Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3, 318–332, pl. 3
• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56–68, 109–123
• Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.