Ithycythara

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Ithycythara is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.{{WRMS species|390827|Ithycythara ||7 August 2011}}

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. [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)]

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){{WRMS species|434104|Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara altaspira Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara antillensis Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003{{WRMS species|396611|Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847){{WRMS species|420339|Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004{{WRMS species|420340|Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889){{WRMS species|420341|Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara eburnea Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara fasciata Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006{{WRMS species|396612|Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953{{WRMS species|434106|Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850){{WRMS species|420342|Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara oyuana (Yokoyama, 1922)
Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958{{WRMS species|420343|Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919){{WRMS species|434108|Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845){{WRMS species|434109|Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885){{WRMS species|420344|Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885)||16 April 2010}}
Ithycythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846)
Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913){{WRMS species|434110|Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913)||16 April 2010}}

;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

[http://nmita.geology.uiowa.edu/database/mollusc/systemat/gastrtax.htm Todd, Jonathan A. "Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections." Budd and Foster 2006 (1996)]
[https://archive.today/20120710161524/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full Bouchet P., Kantor Yu I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.]
[http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/HtmFamily/MANGELIIDAEL.htm Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: Mangeliidae]
[http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J. K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295].

Category:Gastropod genera