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Pyrgocythara
Sign in to savePyrgocythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- 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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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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