Pyrgocythara astricta, common name the tied mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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| Original image of a shell of Pyrgocythara astricta | |
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. astricta
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| Pyrgocythara astricta (Reeve, L.A., 1846)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mangelia astricta Reeve, L.A., 1846 | |
This species is a nomen dubium.
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 20 mm.
(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate. The spire is rather short, the sutures deep. The shell is longitudinally ribbed, with numerous ribs rather close-set. The color of the shell is whitish, encircled with a narrow brown zone.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs off Florida, USA
References
edit- ^ Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Pyrgocythara astricta
- ^ Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1–8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
edit- "Mangelia astricta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pl. 1-8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.