Brachycythara multicincta

Brachycythara multicincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Brachycythara
Species: B. multicincta
Binomial name
Brachycythara multicincta
Rolan & Espinosa, 1999[1]
Synonyms

Brachycythara multicinctata Rolán & Espinosa, 1999 (misspelling)

Brachycythara multicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 2.9 mm.

Distribution

B. multicincta can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Cuba.[3]

References

  1. Rolan & Espinosa (1999). Bol. Malacologico 34 (1-4) : 43-49. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. Brachycythara multicincta Rolan & Espinosa, 1999.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  3. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.


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