Ithycythara auberiana
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Ithycythara auberiana

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

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Icythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846) may be an older name for this species; see Williams (2005).

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Appearance

The length of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

Geography

I. auberiana can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.; in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles at depths between 1 m and 100 m.

References

1. Ithycythara auberiana Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ithycythara_auberiana

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