Ithycythara
Shell of Ithycythara altaspira (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Ithycythara
Woodring, 1928
Type species
Mangelia psila
Bush, 1885
Species

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Ithycythara is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The spiral sculpture is lacking or consists of microscopic striae. There may be a peripheral keel and a few basal threads.

This genus is closely related to Pseudorhaphitoma. [2]

Distribution

Species in this marine genus of seasnails occur in the Western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Species

Species within the genus Ithycythara include:

Species brought into synonymy
Extinct species

References

  1. ^ a b Ithycythara. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ R .N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2; Annals of the Natal Museum 34, pp 317–367 (1993)
  3. ^ Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  4. ^ Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  5. ^ Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  6. ^ Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  7. ^ Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  8. ^ Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  9. ^ Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  10. ^ Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  11. ^ Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  12. ^ Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  13. ^ Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  14. ^ Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
  15. ^ Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

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