Anacithara modica
| Anacithara modica | |
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| Two views of a shell of Anacithara modica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Anacithara |
| Species: | A. modica |
| Binomial name | |
| Anacithara modica (E. A. Smith, 1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Mangilia) modica E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination) | |
Anacithara modica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Description
The length of the ovate-fusiform, pink to purple, semitransparent shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2½ mm. It contains 6 whorls. The aperture is small. The outer lip is much thickened and slightly sinuate on top..The columella has a slight callus. The wide siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Anacithara modica (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432954 on 2016-12-21
- ↑ Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
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