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Anacithara caelatura Ch. Hedley, 1922

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

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Anacithara caelatura

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Shell fusiform, small, rather solid. Colour buff, with an indistinct pale ferruginous band on the shoulder. Whorls six, rounded above, constricted at the sutures, and contracted at the base. Sculpture: The ribs are perpendicular, narrow, widely spaced, not continuing from whorl to whorl; on the penultimate nine, on the last eight; fine even close-set spirals overrun the whole shell. Aperture wide, unarmed ; varix high and broad ; sinus wide and rather deep ; canal short and broad. Length 4.8 mm., breadth 2 mm.
Source, Hedley, 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. (Original description)

Distribution

Australia. Queensland. Murray 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 caelatura Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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