Biology:Ithycythara auberiana

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Ithycythara auberiana
Ithycythara auberiana 002.jpg
Shell of Ithycythara auberiana (specimen at the Natural History Museum, London)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Ithycythara
Species:
I. auberiana
Binomial name
Ithycythara auberiana
(d’Orbigny, 1847)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Defrancia auberiana (d'Orbigny, 1847)
  • Pleurotoma auberiana d'Orbigny, 1847

Ithycythara auberiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Tucker considers this species a synonym of Ithycythara pentagonalis Reeve, L.A., 1845[2]

Icythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846) may be an older name for this species; see Williams (2005).[3][4]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

I. auberiana can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil .;[5] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles at depths between 1 m and 100 m.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3176497 entry