''Gingicithara'' is a
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sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
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Mangeliidae
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...
,
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Gingicithara Kilburn, 1992. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432466 on 2017-05-26]
Species
Species within the genus ''Gingicithara'' include:
* ''
Gingicithara cylindrica''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Gingicithara lyrica''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Gingicithara maraisi''
Kilburn, 1992
* ''
Gingicithara notabilis''
(E. A. Smith, 1888)
* ''
Gingicithara pessulata''
(Reeve, 1846)
* ''
Gingicithara ponderosa
''Gingicithara ponderosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.WoRMS (2009). Gingicithara ponderosa (Reeve, 1846). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:// ...
''
(Reeve, 1846)
References
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
Kilburn R.N. 1992. Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 6. Subfamily Mangeliinae, section 1. Annals of the Natal Museum, 33: 461–575
External links
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Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308 Global Names Index : ''Gingicithara''
Gastropod genera
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