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

Thelecythara
Shell of Thelecythara floridana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Pseudomelatomidae
Genus: Thelecythara
Woodring, 1928
Type species
Cythara mucronata Guppy, 1896
Species

See text

Species

edit

Species within the genus Thelecythara include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Thelecythara borroi Sarasúa, 1975 : synonym of Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
  • Thelecythara cruzensis Nowell-Usticke, G.W., 1969: synonym of Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
  • Thelecythara dominguezi Gibson-Smith J. & W., 1983:[5] synonym of Maesiella dominguezi (J. Gibson-Smith & W. Gibson-Smith, 1983)
  • Thelecythara vitrea (Reeve, 1845):[6] synonym of Otitoma vitrea (Reeve, 1845)

References

edit
  • W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3-180.
edit