Pyrgocythara mighelsi explained

Pyrgocythara mighelsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, Taiwan and New Caledonia.

References

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
• Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69.
• Chen, W. D. & Li, Y. J. 2007. Heng chun ban dao de mi ni bei ji xiao xing bei lei = Mini-shells and small shells of Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Pyrgocythara mighelsi (Kay, 1979). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765580 on 2015-02-14