Ithycythara auberiana explained

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

Tucker considers this species a synonym of Ithycythara pentagonalis Reeve, L.A., 1845^[1]

Icythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846) may be an older name for this species; see Williams (2005).^{[2] [3]}

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.;^[4] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles at depths between 1 m and 100 m.

External links

• • MNHN, Paris : Ithycythara auberiana

Notes and References

1. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295
2. Web site: Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas . 14 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160807014801/http://biogomx.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf . 7 August 2016 . dead .
3. Williams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2): 30–31
4. 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. 666.