''Bactrocythara'' is a
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of small
sea snails,
marine
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gastropod mollusk
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s in the
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Reg ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Bactrocythara'' include:
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Bactrocythara agachada
''Bactrocythara agachada'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class ...
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Rolán, Otero-Schmitt & Fernandes, 1994
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Bactrocythara asarca
''Bactrocythara asarca'', common name the elegant mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original descript ...
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(Dall & Simpson, 1901)
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Bactrocythara ascara
''Bactrocythara ascara'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
Distribution
This extinct species was found in Miocene strata of the Bowden Formation
The Bowden Formation ...
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(W.H. Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1900)
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Bactrocythara candeana
''Bactrocythara candeana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bactrocythara candeana (d'Orbigny, 1847). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spe ...
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(d'Orbigny, 1847)
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Bactrocythara cryera
''Bactrocythara cryera'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2015). Bactrocythara cryera (Dall, 1927). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...
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(Dall, 1927)
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Bactrocythara haullevillei
''Bactrocythara haullevillei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Subspecies: ''Bactrocythara haullevillei albida'' (P. Dautzenberg, 1912)
Description
The length of the shell attains 5 mm. ...
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(Dautzenberg, 1912)
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Bactrocythara labiosa
''Bactrocythara labiosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
The shell is obliquely longitudinally costate, transversely sulcate. The sulci ...
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(Smith E. A., 1872)
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Bactrocythara obtusa
''Bactrocythara obtusa'' is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This ...
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(R.J.L. Guppy, 1896)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Bactrocythara thielei''
J. Knudsen, 1952: synonym of ''Bactrocythara labiosa''
(E.A. Smith, 1872)
References
* W.P. Woodring. 1928. ''Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results'' . Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago''. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
External links
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308. Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
Gastropod genera
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