Cythara (gastropod)

Cythara
Shell of Cythara striata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cythara
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Cythara striata Schumacher, 1817
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara (Incorrect spelling)
  • Daphnella (Cythara) Schumacher, 1817
  • Mangilia (Cithara)
  • Mangilia (Cythara) Schumacher, 1817
  • Pleurotoma (Cithara)

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

This name is considered a nomen dubium.[1] Hedley (1922: 260) and Powell (1966: 109) summarized the arguments against using the earlier name Cythara Schumacher, 1817, with much uncertainty regarding the identity of its type species, against Eucythara Fischer, 1883. The name has also been used by European authors (e.g. Knudsen, 1952; Nordsieck, 1977) for species classified now in Mangelia Risso, 1826.[1]

Description

The tropical shell is relatively large. It is columbelliform and longitudinally costellated. The spire is short. The aperture is narrow and elongated. The outer lip is denticulated within. The columellar lip is striated. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Cythara include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

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