Brachycythara multicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
| Brachycythara multicincta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Brachycythara |
| Species: | B. multicincta
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachycythara multicincta Rolan & Espinosa, 1999[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Brachycythara multicinctata Rolán & Espinosa, 1999 (misspelling) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 2.9 mm.
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Distribution
editB. multicincta can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Cuba.[3]
References
edit- ^ Rolan & Espinosa (1999). Bol. Malacologico 34 (1–4) : 43–49. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
- ^ Brachycythara multicincta Rolan & Espinosa, 1999. 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.
- Rolán E. & Espinosa J. (1999). El complejo Brachycythara biconica (C. B. Adams, 1850) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae) en Cuba, con la descripción de una nueva especie. Bollettino Malacologico, 34(1–4): 43–49
External links
edit- 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[permanent dead link]
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
- MNHN, Paris: Brachycythara multicincta