Pyrgocythara cinctella

Pyrgocythara cinctella
Shell of Pyrgocythara cinctella (museum specimen at Mnhn, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. cinctella
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms
Daphnella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845) Mangelia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845) Mangilia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845) Pleurotoma caribaea d'Orbigny, 1847 (original combination) Pleurotoma fusca C. B. Adams, 1845 Pyrgocythara caribaea (d'Orbigny, 1847) Pyrgocythara fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845) Tenaturris fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845)

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

Description[]

The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm.

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Distribution[]

P. cinctella can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Campeche to Brazil.;^[2] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References[]

• 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^{[permanent dead link]}
• Faber, M.J. (2004) Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of Gibberula pfeifferi new name (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Miscellanea Malacologica, 1, 49–71

External links[]

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• "Pyrgocythara caribaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• De Jong K.M. & Coomans H.E. (1988) Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire. Leiden: E.J. Brill. 261 pp.