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Pyrgocythara cinctella

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Pyrgocythara cinctella
Shell of Pyrgocythara cinctella (museum specimen at Mnhn, Paris)
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. 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

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The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm.

Distribution

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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

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  1. ^ Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 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.
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  • 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.