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Pyrgocythara

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Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNeogastropoda
  5. FamilyMangeliidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
465
With media
9
Family
Mangeliidae
Collections
ANSP, USNM, UF, PRI
Recorded in
Ecuador, Mexico, United States, Costa Rica, Antigua And Barbuda, American Samoa, Panama, French Polynesia

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Species
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Pyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

The type species is the Pliocene: Pyrgocythara eminula , which is probably the same as the Recent Pleurotoma trilineata (synonym of Cryoturris trilineata )

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