''Ithycythara'' is a

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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 ...

Description

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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.''

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: * '' Ithycythara acutangulus'' (Smith E. A., 1882) * '' Ithycythara altaspira'' Paulmier, 2019 * '' Ithycythara antillensis'' Paulmier, 2019 * '' Ithycythara apicodenticulata'' Robba et al., 2003 * '' Ithycythara auberiana'' (d’Orbigny, 1847) * '' Ithycythara chechoi'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2004 * '' Ithycythara cymella'' (Dall, 1889) * '' Ithycythara eburnea'' Paulmier, 2019 * '' Ithycythara fasciata'' Paulmier, 2019 * '' Ithycythara funicostata'' Robba et al., 2006 * '' Ithycythara hyperlepta'' Haas, 1953 * '' Ithycythara lanceolata'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) * '' Ithycythara oyuana'' (Yokoyama, 1922) * '' Ithycythara parkeri'' Abbott, 1958 * '' Ithycythara penelope'' (Dall, 1919) * '' Ithycythara pentagonalis'' (Reeve, 1845) * '' Ithycythara psila'' (Bush, 1885) * '' Ithycythara rubricata'' (Reeve, 1846) * '' Ithycythara septemcostata'' (Schepman, 1913) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Ithycythara edithae'' Nowell-Usticke, 1971: synonym of '' Cryoturris edithae'' (Nowell-Usticke, 1971) * † ''Ithycythara kellumi'' Fargo, W. G., 1953: synonym of '' Ithycythara psila'' (Bush, 1885) * ''Ithycythara muricoides'' (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of '' Ithycythara lanceolata'' (C. B. Adams, 1850) ;Extinct species: * † ''Ithycythara defuniak'' Gardner 1938 * † ''Ithycythara elongata'' Gabb 1873 * † ''Ithycythara ischna'' Woodring 1928 * ''Ithycythara lanceolata'' Adams 1850 (Recent and fossil) * † ''Ithycythara maera'' Woodring 1928 * ''Ithycythara psila'' Bush 1885 (Recent and fossil) * † ''Ithycythara psiloides'' Woodring 1928 * † ''Ithycythara scissa'' Woodring 1928 * † ''Ithycythara tarri'' Maury 1910

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 * W. P. Woodring. 1970. ''Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoining parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae).'' United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306(D):299–452 * Paulmier G. (2019). Le genre Ithycythara (Conoidea, Mangeliinae) aux Antilles françaises. Description de 4 nouvelles espèces. Xenophora Taxonomy. 25: 3–10. page(s): 8, figs 24-27

External links

Todd, Jonathan A. "Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections." Budd and Foster 2006 (1996)
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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 {{Mangeliidae-stub