Pyrgocythara albovittata

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

Pyrgocythara albovittata
Shell of Pyrgocythara albovittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. albovittata
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara albovittata (Adams C. B., 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Mangelia luteofasciata Reeve, L.A., 1845 Pleurotoma albovittata Adams C. B., 1845 (original combination) Pyrgocythara luteofasciata (L.A. Reeve, 1845)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.4 mm.

The orange-banded shell is ovately oblong. The whorls have a narrow shoulder. They are longitudinally strongly ribbed with white, obtuse ribs close-set.

This species was described and figured by Reeve a few months later, under the name of Mangilia luteofasciata, and without locality.^[2]

Distribution

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