Pyrgocythara crassicostata
| Pyrgocythara crassicostata | |
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| Shell of Pyrgocythara crassicostata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
| Species: | P. crassicostata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgocythara crassicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia badia L.A. Reeve, 1846 | |
Pyrgocythara crassicostata, common name the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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.
References[]
- ^ a b 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
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
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- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pyrgocythara crassicostata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Categories:
- Pyrgocythara
- Gastropods described in 1850