Thelecythara floridana
| Thelecythara floridana | |
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| Shell of Thelecythara floridana (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Thelecythara |
| Species: | T. floridana |
| Binomial name | |
| Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thelecythara cruzensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969 | |
Thelecythara floridana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Williams stated in 2005 that Thelecythara borroi Sarasua, 1975 was a synonym of this species[2]
Description
The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
Distribution
T. floridana can be found in the Gulf of Mexico, ranging from the coast of Texas south to Venezuela, as well as the eastern Pacific Ocean.[3]
References
- 1 2 Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 March 2010.
- ↑ Williams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2):30–31.
- ↑ 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. 667.
- Gibson-Smith, J., and W. Gibson-Smith. "New recent gastropod species from Venezuela and a bivalve range extension." Veliger 25.3 (1983): 177-+.
External links
- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (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
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
- Gastropods.com: Thelecythara floridana
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