Pyrgocythara astricta

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

Pyrgocythara astricta
Original image of a shell of Pyrgocythara astricta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Pyrgocythara
Species:	P. astricta
Binomial name
Pyrgocythara astricta (Reeve, L.A., 1846)
Synonyms
Mangelia astricta Reeve, L.A., 1846

This species is a nomen dubium.

Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate. The spire is rather short, and the sutures are deep. The shell is longitudinally ribbed, with numerous ribs rather close-set. The color of the shell is whitish, encircled with a narrow brown zone.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off Florida, USA