Ithycythara lanceolata

Ithycythara lanceolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Ithycythara
Species:	I. lanceolata
Binomial name
	Ithycythara lanceolata; (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms
	Mangelia balteata Reeve, 1846 (original combination); Mangelia lanceolata Adams C. B., 1850; Pyrgocythara balteata (Reeve, 1846);

Ithycythara lanceolata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[2]

Description

Distribution

I. lanceolata can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil.;^[3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Habitat

Depth range based on 5 specimens in 1 taxon. Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 1 sample.^[4]

Environmental ranges

 Depth range (m): 2.75 - 18
 Temperature range (°C): 23.720 - 23.720
 Nitrate (umol/L): 0.501 - 0.501
 Salinity (PPS): 36.080 - 36.080
 Oxygen (ml/l): 4.807 - 4.807
 Phosphate (umol/l): 0.100 - 0.100
 Silicate (umol/l): 0.805 - 0.805^[5]

References

^ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
^ ^a ^b Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
^ 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.
^ http://eol.org/pages/456391/details#Description
^ http://eol.org/pages/456391/details#Description

G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas

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[Conoidea-1] Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.

[WoRMS-2] Ithycythara lanceolata (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.

[3] 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.

[4] ttp://eol.org/pages/456391/details#Description

[5] ttp://eol.org/pages/456391/details#Description

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