''Ithycythara auberiana'' is a species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Mangeliidae.
Tucker considers this species a synonym of ''
Ithycythara pentagonalis''
Reeve, L.A., 1845
''
Icythara rubricata''
(Reeve, 1846) may be an older name for this species; see Williams (2005).
Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.
Distribution
''I. auberiana'' can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of
Florida south to
Brazil.;
[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.] in the
Caribbean Sea, the
Gulf of Mexico and the
Lesser Antilles at depths between 1 m and 100 m.
References
External links
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MNHN, Paris : ''Ithycythara auberiana''
auberiana
Gastropods described in 1847
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