Ithycythara parkeri

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

Ithycythara parkeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Ithycythara
Species:
I. parkeri
Binomial name
Ithycythara parkeri
Abbott, 1958

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

I. parkeri can be found in the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean waters, ranging from the coast of North Carolina south to Colombia and surrounding Puerto Rico.[2] at depths between 1 m and 55 m.

References

  1. Ithycythara parkeri Abbott, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. 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.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Ithycythara parkeri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • MNHN, Paris : Ithycythara parkeri


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