Ithycythara rubricata

Ithycythara rubricata, common name reddish mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Ithycythara rubricata
Drawing of a shell of Ithycythara rubricata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Ithycythara
Species:	I. rubricata
Binomial name
Ithycythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846)

This species may be an older name for Ithycythara auberiana^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The shell is very distantly ribbed, closely transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white to chestnut.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Florida and the West Indies.