''Thelecythara'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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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 ...
mollusks in the
family Pseudomelatomidae
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea (previously Conacea) and part of the Neogastropoda ( Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
In 1995 Kantor elevated the subfamily Pseudomelatomina ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Thelecythara'' include:
* ''
Thelecythara dushanae''
McLean & Poorman, 1971
* ''
Thelecythara floridana''
Fargo, 1953
* ''
Thelecythara mucronata''
(Guppy, 1896)
* † ''
Thelecythara oligocaenica''
Lozouet, 2017
;Species brought into synonymy :
* ''Thelecythara borroi''
Sarasúa, 1975 : synonym of ''Thelecythara floridana''
Fargo, 1953
* ''Thelecythara cruzensis''
Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969: synonym of ''Thelecythara floridana''
Fargo, 1953
* ''Thelecythara dominguezi''
Gibson-Smith J. & W., 1983: synonym of ''
Maesiella dominguezi''
(J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
* ''Thelecythara vitrea''
(Reeve, 1845):
synonym of ''
Otitoma vitrea'' (Reeve, 1845)
References
* 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
* Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180.
External links
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
Pseudomelatomidae
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