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Anacithara hervieri Ch. Hedley, 1922

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

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Anacithara hervieri

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Shell small, elongate, turreted. Colour dull white; protoconch pale primrose yellow. Whorls six. Sculpture: Ribs low, distant, perpendicular, angled at the shoulder, running from suture to base, but not continuing from one whorl to another; on the penultimate seven ; spirals very slender and widely-spaced threads, between which are a few still finer threads; of the major series there are twelve on the last, and four on the penultimate whorl. Aperture open, unarmed save for a tubercle on either side of the sinus; varix well developed; sinus wide and shallow; canal merely a notch. Length 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 hervieri Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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