Pyrgocythara plicosa, common name the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Pyrgocythara plicosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. plicosa
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara plicosa
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella jewetti Stearns, 1873
  • Mangelia plicosa C. B. Adams, 1850
  • Pleurotoma brunnea Perkins, 1869
  • Pleurotoma plicata C. B. Adams, 1840 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma plicata Lamarck, 1804; Pleurotoma plicosa and P. brunnea Perkins, 1869 are replacement names)
  • Pleurotoma plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)
  • Pyrgospira plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

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P. plicosa can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts south to Panama.[2] Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the United States (Florida, New Jersey) age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma.

References

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  1. ^ a b Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pyrgocythara plicosa (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160476 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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  • Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.