Pyrgocythara mighelsi

Pyrgocythara mighelsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Pyrgocythara
Species: P. mighelsi
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara mighelsi
(Kay, 1979)
Synonyms
  • Clavus mighelsi Kay, 1979 (original combination)
  • Clavus (Tylotiella) mighelsi Kay, 1979
  • Iredalea acuminata (J.W. Mighels, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma acuminata Mighels, 1845 (invalid: junior homonym of Pleurotoma acuminata J. Sowerby, 1816; Clavus mighelsi is a replacement name)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and New Caledonia.

References

  1. 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


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