Pyrgocythara laqueata explained

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

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.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the West Indies.

External links

• Reeve L.A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Mangelia. In: Conchologia Iconica, 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/2128809505.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Pyrgocythara laqueata
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