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Anacithara hebes Ch. Hedley, 1922

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

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Anacithara hebes

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Shell solid, biconical, small. Colour uniform white. Whorls six, and angled at the shoulder. Sculpture: Low, rounded, and close-set ribs, numbering eleven on the penultimate, and becoming evanescent on the last whorl; spirals are close fine threads, nearly uniform in size and spacing, crossing ribs and interstices alike, and extending over the whole whorl from the suture downwards, numbering about six on the penultimate and twenty-two on the last whorl. Aperture wide, unarmed ; varix slight; sinus shallow; canal a mere notch. Length 5.5 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 hebes Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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