Ithycythara pentagonalis

Ithycythara pentagonalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Ithycythara pentagonalis
Original image of a shell of Ithycythara pentagonalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Ithycythara
Species:	I. pentagonalis
Binomial name
Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma pentagonalis Reeve, 1845

Tucker considers Ithycythara auberiana a synonym of Ithycythara pentagonalis Reeve, L.A., 1845^[2]

Description

The smooth, ivory white shell has an oblong-ovate shape. It is longitudinally five-angled. It shows compressed ribs at the angles, pointed at the upper part of the ribs.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off St Vincent, West Indies.