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Anacithara brevicostata Ch. Hedley, 1922

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Horaiclavidae »  genus Anacithara

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Anacithara brevicostata

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Shell small, thin, elongate-ovate. Colour pale buff, with a narrow subsutural band. Whorls rounded, six, including the protoconch, which is smooth, turbinate, slightly tilted, and of two whorls. Sculpture : The ribs rather prominent, rounded, broader than their interstices, on the penultimate nine, on the last whorl ten ; these are spaced more widely than those above, commencing at the suture and terminating rather abruptly at the periphery; the spirals even, comparatively coarse, and close-set threads, which over-run the whole shell. Aperture wide, unarmed, varix slight; sinus indistinct; canal a mere notch. Length 4.5 mm, breadth 2 mm.
Source, Hedley, 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. (Original description)

Distribution

Australia. Queensland. Mast Head Island.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Anacithara brevicostata Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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