Ithycythara acutangulus

Ithycythara acutangulus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Ithycythara
Species:	I. acutangulus
Binomial name
	Ithycythara acutangulus; (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Mangilia ?) acutangulus Smith E. A., 1882

Ithycythara acutangulus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description) The white shell has an elongate subfusiform shape. This species is remarkable for the acute angulations of the eight whorls, the spiral liration at the angle, and the purplish-red bands at the suture and the middle of the body whorl, the latter being visible within the aperture, which measures about ⅓ of the total length. The number of ribs appears to vary from seven to eight; and they are not quite regularly continuous from the apex downwards. The outer lip is incrassate and hardly sinuate. The siphonal canal is narrow and very short.^[2]

Distribution

References

^ ^a ^b Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
^ Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[WoRMS-1] Ithycythara acutangulus (Smith E. A., 1882). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.

[2] Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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