Plicate Mangelia

Pyrgocythara plicosa, common name the plicate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

P. plicosa can be found in Atlantic and Caribbean waters, ranging from the coast of Massachusetts south to Panama.^[2] Fossils have been found in Quaternary strata of the United States (Florida, New Jersey) age range: 0.126 to 0.012 Ma.

References

• * Adams, C.B. (1840) Descriptions of thirteen new species of shells of New England. Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History, 3, 318–332, pl. 3
• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56–68, 109–123
• Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
• 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