Pyrgocythara astricta explained

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

This species is a nomen dubium.

Description

The 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

This species occurs off Florida, USA

External links

• • 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) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmSpecies/5364000678.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Pyrgocythara astricta
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118665 Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, vol. 3, pl. 1–8 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London