Ithycythara lanceolata

Ithycythara lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae [1]
Genus:	Ithycythara
Species:	I. lanceolata
Binomial name
Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[2]
Mangelia balteata Reeve, 1846 (original combination) Mangelia lanceolata Adams C. B., 1850 Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846)

Ithycythara lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[2]

Distribution

I. lanceolata can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.;^[3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Habitat

Depth range based on 5 specimens in 1 taxon. Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.^[4]

Environmental ranges

 Depth range (m): 2.75 - 18
 Temperature range (°C): 23.720 - 23.720
 Nitrate (umol/L): 0.501 - 0.501
 Salinity (PPS): 36.080 - 36.080
 Oxygen (ml/l): 4.807 - 4.807
 Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.100
 Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 0.805[5]

References

1. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
2. Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
3. Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.
4. http://eol.org/pages/456391/details#Description
5. http://eol.org/pages/456391/details#Description

• G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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