Thelecythara Explained

Thelecythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.

Species

Species within the genus Thelecythara include:

• Thelecythara dushanae McLean & Poorman, 1971
• Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
• Thelecythara mucronata (Guppy, 1896)
• † Thelecythara oligocaenica Lozouet, 2017

Species brought into synonymy :

• Thelecythara borroi Sarasúa, 1975 : synonym of Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
• Thelecythara cruzensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969: synonym of Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
• Thelecythara dominguezi Gibson-Smith J. & W., 1983: synonym of Maesiella dominguezi (J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
• Thelecythara vitrea (Reeve, 1845): synonym of Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845)

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
• Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. 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: Thelecythara