''Ithycythara hyperlepta'' 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.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs from
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
to Eastern
Brazil.
References
Haas, Fritz. ''Mollusks from Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.'' Fritz Haas,... Chicago natural history museum, 1953.
External links
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Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295.Biolib;cz: image of ''Ithycythara hyperlepta''
hyperlepta
Gastropods described in 1953
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