Ithycythara rubricata
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Ithycythara rubricata, common name reddish mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2010). Ithycythara rubricata. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532935 on 2017-07-25
This species may be an older name for Ithycythara auberianaWilliams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2) p.30–31
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The shell is very distantly ribbed, closely transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white to chestnut.[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] {{PD-notice}}
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Florida and the West Indies.
References
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External links
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295].
- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/image/id280208/ Biolib.cz: images of Ithycythara rubricata]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1846
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