Pyrgocythara filosa

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

Pyrgocythara filosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. filosa
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943

Description

The length of the shell attains 6.5 mm.

Distribution

P. filosa can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the western coast of Florida south to Colombia.[2]

References

1. Pyrgocythara filosa Rehder, 1943. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.
2. 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.

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

External links

• "Pyrgocythara filosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.