Ithycythara rubricata
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| Ithycythara rubricata | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Ithycythara rubricata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Ithycythara |
| Species: | I. rubricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ithycythara rubricata (Reeve, 1846) | |
Ithycythara rubricata, common name reddish mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
This species may be an older name for Ithycythara auberiana[2]
The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The shell is very distantly ribbed, closely transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white to chestnut.[3]
