Pyrgocythara albovittata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Shell of Pyrgocythara albovittata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
| Species: | P. albovittata
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| Pyrgocythara albovittata (Adams C. B., 1845)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.4 mm.
The orange-banded shell is ovately oblong. The whorls have a narrow shoulder. They are longitudinally strongly ribbed with white, obtuse ribs close-set.
This species was described and figured by Reeve a few months later, under the name of Mangilia luteofasciata, and without locality.[2]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
References edit
- ^ a b Pyrgocythara albovittata (Adams C. B., 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Adams, Charles Baker. "Specierum novarum conchyliorum." Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2.1 (1845): 17.
External links edit
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
- "Pyrgocythara albovittata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.