Pyrgocythara laqueata

Pyrgocythara laqueata, common name the tied mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Pyrgocythara laqueata
Shell of Pyrgocythara laqueata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. laqueata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara laqueata
(Reeve, L.A., 1846)
Synonyms

Mangilia laqueata Reeve, L.A., 1846

Description

The few ribs of the shell are stout and remote. The sinus is not very distinct. The color of the shell is dull white.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the West Indies

References
  1. Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base : Pyrgocythara laqueata
  2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • "Mangilia laqueata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
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