Brachycythara multicincta

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Brachycythara multicincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Brachycythara
Species:
B. multicincta
Binomial name
Brachycythara multicincta
Rolan & Espinosa, 1999[1]
Synonyms

Brachycythara multicinctata Rolán & Espinosa, 1999 (misspelling)

Brachycythara multicincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 2.9 mm.

Distribution[edit]

B. multicincta can be found in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Cuba.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rolan & Espinosa (1999). Bol. Malacologico 34 (1–4) : 43–49. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  2. ^ Brachycythara multicincta Rolan & Espinosa, 1999. 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.
  • 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

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