Anacithara angulosa

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Anacithara angulosa
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Shell of Anacithara angulosa (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. angulosa
Binomial name
Anacithara angulosa
(E. A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms [1]

Mangelia angulosaE. A. Smith, 1872

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1¾ mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is small, ovate, and pale brown. It has 6 whorls; the first 4 are convex, polished, and simple. The remaining whorls are angled in the middle and are adorned with strong, curved, distant ribs (6 on the body whorl). They are very finely striated transversely; the striae are indistinct over the ribs. The aperture is subovate, almost equaling the spire. The columella is callous and tuberculate above. The outer lip is thickened, and the siphonal canal is very short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa

References

  1. 1 2 Anacithara angulosa (E. A. Smith, 1872) . 3 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1872). "A list of species of shells from West Africa, with descriptions of those hitherto undescribed". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1871. 1871: 731. Retrieved 2 July 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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