Ithycythara rubricata

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Ithycythara rubricata
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Drawing of a shell of Ithycythara rubricata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Ithycythara
Species:
I. rubricata
Binomial name
Ithycythara rubricata
(Reeve, 1846)

Ithycythara rubricata, common name reddish mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. [1]

Contents

This species may be an older name for Ithycythara auberiana [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The shell is very distantly ribbed, closely transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white to chestnut. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Florida and the West Indies.

References

  1. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2010). Ithycythara rubricata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532935 on 2017-07-25
  2. ↑ Williams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2) p.30–31
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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