''Pyrgocythara albovittata'' is a species of

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mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.4 mm. The orange-banded shell is ovately oblong. The

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s have a narrow shoulder. They are longitudinally strongly ribbed with white, obtuse ribs close-set. This species was described and figured by

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a few months later, under the name of ''Mangilia luteofasciata'', and without locality.G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References

* Adams, Charles Baker. "Specierum novarum conchyliorum." Jamaica repertorum, synopsis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2.1 (1845): 17.

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Pyrgocythara Albovittata albovittata Gastropods described in 1845