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Anacithara stricta Ch. Hedley, 1922

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

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Anacithara stricta

Author: Hedley, C.

Anacithara stricta

Author: Tardy, E. & Stahlschmidt, P.

Description

Shell subcylindrical, blunt at either end. Colour uniform pale buff. Whorls five and a half. Protoconch depressed, asymmetrical. Sculpture: Ribs slight and inconspicuous, their own breadth apart, those on the last whorl descending from the suture only to the periphery; fourteen on the penultimate, and as many on the last whorl; these are dominated by the spirals, which are coarse, wide-spaced, and amount to eighteen on the last whorl. Aperture wide and unarmed ; varix slight; sinus indistinct; canal short and wide. Length 4.5 mm., breadth 1.5 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 stricta Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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