Ithycythara hexagona Gabb 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Alternative combinations: Agathotoma hexagon, Cytharella hexagona, Mangelia (Mangelia) hexagona, Mangelia hexagona, Mangilia hexagona

Synonyms: Agathotoma quentinensis Dall 1921, Cytharella (Agathotoma) quentinensis Dall 1921, Cytharella branneri Arnold 1903, Cytharella quentenensis Dall 1921, Ithycythara branneri Arnold 1903, Mangilia (Cythara) branneri Arnold 1903

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1865. Description of new species of marine shells from the coast of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (First Series) 3:182-109

Belongs to Ithycythara according to A. Hendy 2021

See also Arnold 1903, Gabb 1865, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hall 2002, Kanakoff and Emerson 1959, Moody 1916 and Oldroyd 1925

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

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (9: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.