Pyrgocythara crassicostata explained

Pyrgocythara crassicostata, commonly known as the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.6 mm.

The dark chestnut-brown shell is plicately ribbed and transversely strongly plicated.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Jamaica and Colombia.

References

• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56–68, 109–123

External links

• Tucker . J.K. . 2004 . Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 .

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G. (2010). Pyrgocythara crassicostata (C. B. Adams, 1850). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533363 on 2018-01-17
2. https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences