''Platycythara'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
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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 comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Mangeliidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Platycythara'' include:
* ''
Platycythara curta''
(Dall, 1919)
* ''
Platycythara elata
''Platycythara elata'', common name the elongate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.75 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''
Platycythara electra''
(Dall, 1919)
* † ''
Platycythara eurystoma''
W.P. Woodring, 1928
;Species brought intoi synonymy:
* † ''Platycythara metria''
(Dall 1903): synonym of ''
Vitricythara metria''
(Dall, 1903)
References
* Woodring, W. P. "Miocene molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the geology and palaeontology of the West Indies." Carnegie Institute Washington Publication 385 (1928): 144–201.
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*
Gastropod genera
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