Pyrgocythara cinctella

Pyrgocythara cinctella
	Shell of Pyrgocythara cinctella (museum specimen at Mnhn, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. cinctella
Binomial name
	Pyrgocythara cinctella; (Pfeiffer, 1840)
Synonyms
	Daphnella fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845); Mangelia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845); Mangilia fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845); Pleurotoma caribaea d'Orbigny, 1847 (original combination); Pleurotoma fusca C. B. Adams, 1845; Pyrgocythara caribaea (d'Orbigny, 1847); Pyrgocythara fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845); Tenaturris fusca (C. B. Adams, 1845);

Pyrgocythara cinctella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm.

P. cinctella can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of Campeche to Brazil.;[2] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Pyrgocythara cinctella (Pfeiffer, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.

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