Pyrgocythara guarani

Pyrgocythara guarani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]

Pyrgocythara guarani
Shell of Pyrgocythara guarani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species:
P. guarani
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara guarani
(d' Orbigny, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Mangilia) guarani (Orbigny, 1841)
  • Mangelia guarani (Orbigny, 1841)
  • Pleurotoma guarani Orbigny, 1841 (original description)
  • Pleurotoma obesicostata Reeve, L.A., 1846

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

The brownish shell shows sometimes narrow, lighter bands. The longitudinal ribs are prominent, rounded, crenelating the suture; There are elevated revolving lines.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Florida, USA, and Southeastern Brazil.

References
  1. Pyrgocythara guarani (Orbigny, 1841). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
  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.
  • d'Orbigny. Moll. Amer. Mer., p. 445, pl. Ixxvii, f. 13, 14
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • "Pyrgocythara guarani". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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