Ithycythara pentagonalis
| Ithycythara pentagonalis | |
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| 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 | |
Ithycythara pentagonalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
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.
References
- ^ a b Ithycythara pentagonalis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- ^ Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1..