Platycythara elata

Platycythara elata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae ^[1]
Genus:	Platycythara
Species:	P. elata
Binomial name
*Platycythara elata* (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms^[2]
Mangilia elata Dall, 1889 (basionym)

Platycythara elata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[2]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico.

References

↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
1 2 Platycythara elata (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 11 August 2011.

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.

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