Ithycythara

Ithycythara
	Shell of Ithycythara altaspira (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Ithycythara; Woodring, 1928
Type species
	Mangelia psila; Bush, 1885
Species
	See text

Ithycythara is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

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. ^[2]

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)^[3]
Ithycythara altaspira Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara antillensis Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003^[4]
Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847)^[5]
Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004^[6]
Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889)^[7]
Ithycythara eburnea Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara fasciata Paulmier, 2019
Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006^[8]
Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953^[9]
Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850)^[10]
Ithycythara oyuana (Yokoyama, 1922)
Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958^[11]
Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919)^[12]
Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845)^[13]
Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885)^[14]
Ithycythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846)
Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913)^[15]

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

^ ^a ^b Ithycythara. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.
^ 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)
^ Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
^ Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

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

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[WoRMS-1] Ithycythara. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 August 2011.

[2] 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)

[3] Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[4] Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[5] Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[6] Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[7] Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[8] Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[9] Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[10] Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[11] Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[12] Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[13] Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[14] Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

[15] Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.

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