title: Ithycythara rubricata
text: # Ithycythara rubricata
  
  Ithycythara rubricata, common name reddish mangelia, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.
  
  This species may be an older name for Ithycythara auberiana
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 6 mm. The shell is very distantly ribbed, closely transversely striate. Its color is yellowish white to chestnut.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs off Florida and the West Indies.
  
  