Pyrgocythara urceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Pyrgocythara urceolata | |
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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. urceolata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgocythara urceolata Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verdes and Angola.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Pyrgocythara urceolata Rolán & Otero-Schmitt, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 December 2018.
- 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
External links edit
- American Museum of Natural History: Pyrgocythara urceolata
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.