Pyrgocythara cinctella

Pyrgocythara cinctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
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.[2]

Distribution

P. cinctella can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Campeche to Brazil.;[3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ↑ Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
  3. ↑ 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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