Platycythara elata

Platycythara elata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Platycythara
Species: P. elata
Binomial name
Platycythara elata
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[2]

Mangilia elata Dall, 1889 (basionym)

Platycythara elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. 1 2 Platycythara elata (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.

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