Cythara (gastropod)

Cythara
Shell of Cythara striata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Cythara
Schumacher, 1817
Type species
Cythara striata
Schumacher, 1817
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Cithara (Incorrect spelling)
  • Daphnella (Cythara) Schumacher, 1817
  • Mangilia (Cithara)
  • Mangilia (Cythara) Schumacher, 1817
  • Pleurotoma (Cithara)

Cythara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

This name is considered a nomen dubium.[1] Hedley (1922: 260) and Powell (1966: 109) summarized the arguments against using the earlier name Cythara Schumacher, 1817, with much uncertainty regarding the identity of its type species, against Eucythara Fischer, 1883. The name has also been used by European authors (e.g. Knudsen, 1952; Nordsieck, 1977) for species classified now in Mangelia Risso, 1826.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d Cythara Schumacher, 1817. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 December 2012.