Pyrgocythara plicosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
Species: | P. plicosa
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgocythara plicosa (
C. B. Adams, 1850)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Pyrgocythara plicosa, common name the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.
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P. plicosa can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts south to Panama. [2] Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the United States (Florida, New Jersey) age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma.
Pyrgocythara plicosa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Mangeliidae |
Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
Species: | P. plicosa
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Binomial name | |
Pyrgocythara plicosa (
C. B. Adams, 1850)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Pyrgocythara plicosa, common name the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (February 2016) |
P. plicosa can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts south to Panama. [2] Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the United States (Florida, New Jersey) age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma.