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Cythara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Cythara was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Mangilia (Cythara) by Arnold (1903).

It was assigned to Mangilia by Arnold (1903); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Baluk (2003); to Mangeliinae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Cythara Schumacher p. 245
1903Mangilia (Cythara) Arnold p. 211
2002Cythara Sepkoski
2003Cythara Baluk p. 31
2005Cythara Rosenberg
2011Cythara Bouchet et al. p. 281

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusCytharaSchumacher 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Cythara Schumacher 1817
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Cythara caimitica Maury 1917
Cythara polygona Gabb 1873
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available