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Anacithara tumida Ch. Hedley, 1922

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

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Anacithara tumida

Author: Jan Delsing

Description

Shell ovate, thin. Colour uniform white, or white with narrow ochraceous spiral lines. Whorls inflated, six, including the protoconch, which is smooth, subdiscoidal, tilted to one side, and projecting over the next whorl. Sculpture: Ribs broad and rounded, well spaced, discontinuous from one whorl to another, nine on the penultimate, gradually vanishing towards the base; both ribs and interstices overrun by fine dense spiral threads. Aperture wide; lip simple. Length 5.8 mm., breadth 2 mm.
Source, Hedley, 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. (Original description)

Distribution

Australia. Queensland. Endeavour Reef.
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 tumida Hedley, 1922]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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