Biology:Anacithara minutistriata

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Short description: Species of mollusc

Anacithara minutistriata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. minutistriata
Binomial name
Anacithara minutistriata
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Mangilia) minutistriata E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Anacithara minutistriata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

The length of the ovate, dirty white, semitransparent shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 3½ mm. It contains 7½ whorls. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thickened close to the lowest rib and is hardly sinuate..The columella has a slight callus. The wide siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2015). Anacithara minutistriata (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432953 on 2016-12-21
  2. Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q9612847 entry