''Vitricythara'' is a
genus 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 ...
s,
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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 Mangeliidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2011). Vitricythara Fargo, 1953. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416143 on 2018-02-04]
Species
* ''
Vitricythara metria
''Vitricythara metria'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2013). Vitricythara metria (Dall, 1903). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at htt ...
''
(Dall, 1903)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Vitricythara elata''
(Dall, 1889): synonym of ''
Platycythara elata
''Platycythara elata'', common name the elongate mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.75 mm, its diameter 2 mm.
(Original description ...
''
(Dall, 1889)
* ''Vitricythara lavalleana''
(d'Orbigny, 1847): synonym of ''
Cryoturris lavalleana''
(d'Orbigny, 1847)
References
* Fargo, William G. The Pliocene Turridae of Saint Petersburg, Florida. 1953.
External links
*
Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base: MangeliidaeBouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
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Gastropods described in 1953