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Pyrgocythara

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

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Within Vinony's link graph, Pyrgocythara is referenced by 38 other articles, and connects out to Mollusca, Animalia and Atlantic Ocean.

It is catalogued under the topic Pyrgocythara.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Mangeliidae
Image
Pyrgocythara densestriata 001.jpg
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topic's main category
Category:Pyrgocythara
taxon name
Pyrgocythara
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Pyrgocythara
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Distribution
  • Species
  • References
  • External links

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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