Ithycythara Explained

Ithycythara is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.

Description

The spiral sculpture 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. ^[1]

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)
• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
• Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae
• Tucker, J. K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Notes and References

1. http://journals.co.za/docserver/fulltext/annals/34/2/271.pdf?expires=1514648020&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=ADB93287135ECA05E60D6870752A94E2 R .N. Kilburn, Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 2; Annals of the Natal Museum 34, pp 317–367 (1993)