Pyrgocythara mighelsi
Pyrgocythara mighelsi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Pyrgocythara mighelsi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Pyrgocythara |
| Species: | P. mighelsi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pyrgocythara mighelsi (Kay, 1979) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- 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
- 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
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