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Anacithara robusta Ch. Hedley, 1922

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

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Anacithara robusta

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Shell small, solid, biconical. Colour dull white, apex pink. Whorls six, including the protoconch. Sculpture : Ribs prominent, discontinuous from whorl to whorl, projecting at the periphery and gradually vanishing on the base; nine on the penultimate; very many and close spiral threads overrun both ribs and interstices; two spirals, larger and wider spaced than the rest, traverse the periphery and ascend the spire. Aperture: The mouth is protected by a thick varix, from which a free limb, insinuate at the base, projects into the aperture; sinus semicircular; canal short and open. Length 5.5 mm., breadth 2 mm.
Source, Hedley, 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. (Original description)

Distribution

Australia. Queensland. Albany Pass, Murray Island , Hope 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 robusta Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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