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Pyrgocythara laqueata

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Species of gastropod

Pyrgocythara laqueata
Shell of Pyrgocythara laqueata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species: P. laqueata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara laqueata
(Reeve, L.A., 1846)
Synonyms
  • Mangilia laqueata Reeve, L.A., 1846
  • Pleurotoma laqueata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Pyrgocythara laqueata, common name the tied mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

This is a taxon inquirendum.

Description

The few ribs of the shell are stout and remote. The sinus is not very distinct. The color of the shell is dull white.

Distribution

This species occurs off the West Indies.

References

  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Pyrgocythara laqueata
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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Taxon identifiers
Pyrgocythara laqueata
Pleurotoma laqueata
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