Anacithara propinqua

Anacithara propinqua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Anacithara propinqua
Original image of a shell of Anacithara propinqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. propinqua
Binomial name
Anacithara propinqua
Hedley, 1922

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.2 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

(Original description) The small, rather solid shell has an ovate-fusiform shape. Its colour is uniform pale buff or uniform pale lilac. It contains six whorls. The protoconch is slightly tilted. The ribs are rather prominent, rounded, set their own breadth apart, discontinuous from whorl to whorl, those on the body whorl gradually vanishing below the periphery. The ribs number nine on the penultimate whorl. There are fine, close, even spiral threads that overrun the whole shell. The wide aperture is unarmed. The varix is massive. The sinus is rather shallow. The siphonal canal is short and wide.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References
  1. WoRMS (2015). Anacithara propinqua Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432961 on 2016-12-19
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56


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