Thelecythara floridana

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Thelecythara floridana
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Shell of Thelecythara floridana (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Thelecythara
Species:
T. floridana
Binomial name
Thelecythara floridana
Fargo, 1953
Synonyms [1]
  • Thelecythara borroiSarasúa, 1975
  • Thelecythara cruzensisNowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969

Thelecythara floridana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies. [1]

Contents

Williams stated in 2005 that Thelecythara borroi Sarasua, 1975 was a synonym of this species [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

Distribution

T. floridana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas south to Venezuela, as well as the eastern Pacific Ocean. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Williams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2):30–31.
  3. ↑ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 667.


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