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Pyrgocythara mighelsi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
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 Clavus acuminata (Mighels, 1845) 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.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

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Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, Taiwan 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

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
• Kilburn R.N., Fedosov A. & Kantor Yu.I. (2014) The shallow-water New Caledonia Drilliidae of genus Clavus Montfort, 1810 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conoidea). Zootaxa 3818(1): 1–69.
• Chen, W. D. & Li, Y. J. 2007. Heng chun ban dao de mi ni bei ji xiao xing bei lei = Mini-shells and small shells of Hengchun Peninsula, Taiwan

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