Ithycythara auberiana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.
Tucker considers this species a synonym of Ithycythara pentagonalis Reeve, L.A., 1845 Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
Icythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846) may be an older name for this species; see Williams (2005).Williams, P. 2005. Florida and Caribbean Turridae part 1: black and brown species. American Conchologist 33(2): 30–31
Description
The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. Distribution I. auberiana can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.;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. in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles at depths between 1 m and 100 m.
References
External links
MNHN, Paris : Ithycythara auberiana