Brachycythara

Brachycythara
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae [1]
Genus:	Brachycythara Woodring, 1928

Brachycythara is a genus of very small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Brachycythara include:

• Brachycythara alba (Adams C. B., 1850)^[3]
• Brachycythara atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952)^[4]
• Brachycythara barbarae Lyons, 1972^[5]
• Brachycythara beatriceae Mariottini, 2007^[6]
• Brachycythara biconica (C. B. Adams, 1850)^[7]
• Brachycythara brevis (Adams C. B., 1850)^[8]
• Brachycythara galae Fargo, 1953^[9]
• Brachycythara multicincta Rolan & Espinosa, 1999^[10]
• Brachycythara multicinctata Rolán & Espinosa, 1999^[11]
• Brachycythara nanodes (Melvill, 1923)
• Brachycythara stegeri Nowell-Usticke, 1959^[12]

References

1. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
2. Brachycythara Woodring, 1928.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
3. Brachycythara alba (Adams C. B., 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
4. Brachycythara atlantidea (Knudsen, 1952).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
5. Brachycythara barbarae Lyons, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
6. Brachycythara beatriceae Mariottini, 2007.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
7. Brachycythara biconica (C. B. Adams, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
8. Brachycythara brevis (Adams C. B., 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
9. Brachycythara galae Fargo, 1953.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
10. Brachycythara multicincta Rolan & Espinosa, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
11. Brachycythara multicinctata Rolán & Espinosa, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
12. Brachycythara stegeri Nowell-Usticke, 1959.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

• Rolán E. & Espinosa J. (1999). El complejo Brachycythara biconica (C. B. Adams, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae) en Cuba, con la descripción de una nueva especie. Bollettino Malacologico, 34(1-4): 43-49.

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