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Pyrgocythara urceolata

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Pyrgocythara urceolata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. urceolata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara urceolata
Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and Angola.[1]

References

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  • Rolan, E. & J. Otero-Schmitt 1999. Argonauta, 13(1): 5–26, figs. 79–82
  • Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda
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  • American Museum of Natural History: Pyrgocythara urceolata
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.