''Brachycythara alba'' is a species of

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, a marine

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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 Regis ...

, the cone snails and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the

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and the

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References

* Rolán E. & Espinosa J. (1999). ''El complejo Brachycythara biconica (C. B. Adams, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae) en Cuba, con la descripción de una nueva especie''. Bollettino Malacologico, 34(1-4): 43-49

External links

*
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Espinosa, José, et al. "Moluscos marinos. Reserva de la Biosfera de la Península de Guanahacabibes." Instituto de Oceanología, La Habana, Cuba (2012).

MNHN, Paris: ''Brachycythara alba''

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