Ithycythara

Ithycythara is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Ithycythara
Shell of Ithycythara altaspira (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Ithycythara Woodring, 1928
Type species
Mangelia psila Bush, 1885
Species
See text

Description

The spiral sculpture is lacking or consists of microscopic striae. There may be a peripheral keel and a few basal threads.

This genus is closely related to Pseudorhaphitoma. ^[2]

Distribution

Species in this marine genus of seasnails occur in the Western Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Species

Species within the genus Ithycythara include:

• Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882)^[3]
• Ithycythara altaspira Paulmier, 2019
• Ithycythara antillensis Paulmier, 2019
• Ithycythara apicodenticulata Robba et al., 2003^[4]
• Ithycythara auberiana (d’Orbigny, 1847)^[5]
• Ithycythara chechoi Espinosa & Ortea, 2004^[6]
• Ithycythara cymella (Dall, 1889)^[7]
• Ithycythara eburnea Paulmier, 2019
• Ithycythara fasciata Paulmier, 2019
• Ithycythara funicostata Robba et al., 2006^[8]
• Ithycythara hyperlepta Haas, 1953^[9]
• Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850)^[10]
• Ithycythara oyuana (Yokoyama, 1922)
• Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958^[11]
• Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919)^[12]
• Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845)^[13]
• Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885)^[14]
• Ithycythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846)
• Ithycythara septemcostata (Schepman, 1913)^[15]

Species brought into synonymy

• Ithycythara edithae Nowell-Usticke, 1971: synonym of Cryoturris edithae (Nowell-Usticke, 1971)
• † Ithycythara kellumi Fargo, W. G., 1953: synonym of Ithycythara psila (Bush, 1885)
• Ithycythara muricoides (C. B. Adams, 1850): synonym of Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850)

Extinct species

• † Ithycythara defuniak Gardner 1938
• † Ithycythara elongata Gabb 1873
• † Ithycythara ischna Woodring 1928
• Ithycythara lanceolata Adams 1850 (Recent and fossil)
• † Ithycythara maera Woodring 1928
• Ithycythara psila Bush 1885 (Recent and fossil)
• † Ithycythara psiloides Woodring 1928
• † Ithycythara scissa Woodring 1928
• † Ithycythara tarri Maury 1910