Ithycythara lanceolata

Ithycythara lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Ithycythara
Species: I. lanceolata
Binomial name
Ithycythara lanceolata
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[2]
  • Mangelia balteata Reeve, 1846 (original combination)
  • Mangelia lanceolata Adams C. B., 1850
  • Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846)

Ithycythara lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Distribution

I. lanceolata can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.;[3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Habitat

Depth range based on 5 specimens in 1 taxon. Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.[4]

Environmental ranges

 Depth range (m): 2.75 - 18
 Temperature range (°C): 23.720 - 23.720
 Nitrate (umol/L): 0.501 - 0.501
 Salinity (PPS): 36.080 - 36.080
 Oxygen (ml/l): 4.807 - 4.807
 Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.100
 Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 0.805[5]

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