Platycythara Explained

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

Species

Species within the genus Platycythara include:

• Platycythara curta (Dall, 1919)
• Platycythara elata (Dall, 1889)
• Platycythara electra (Dall, 1919)
• † Platycythara eurystoma W.P. Woodring, 1928

Species brought intoi synonymy:

• † Platycythara metria (Dall 1903): synonym of Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903)

References

• Woodring, W. P. "Miocene molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the geology and palaeontology of the West Indies." Carnegie Institute Washington Publication 385 (1928): 144–201.

External links

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