Ithycythara psila

Ithycythara psila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae [1]
Genus: Ithycythara
Species: I. psila
Binomial name
Ithycythara psila
(Bush, 1885)
Synonyms[2]

Mangelia psila Bush, 1885

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

Description


Distribution

I. psila can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Venezuela.;[3] in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.


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. 1 2 Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  3. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.

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