Ithycythara defuniak Gardner 1938 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Belongs to Ithycythara according to W. P. Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Ithycythara elongata, Ithycythara hexagona, Ithycythara ischna, Ithycythara lanceolata, Ithycythara maera, Ithycythara psila, Ithycythara psiloides, Ithycythara scissa, Ithycythara tarri

Type specimen: USNM 352137, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7264 - DeFuniak Cardium beds [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Panama (3 collections), United States (3: Florida)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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