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Ithycythara penelope (Dall, 1919)

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Conoidea

Family
Mangeliidae

Genus
Ithycythara

Species
penelope

Taxon category: Accepted

LACM: AHF 157-34, AHF 170-34, AHF 187-34, BMNH: acc. n° 2271: 1 specimen (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material); Syn.: Cytharella penelope Dall, 1919 (basionym), fide Appeltans et al. (2010)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: From Guaymas,Mexico,to Panama Bay and the Galapagos islands.

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.

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