Anacithara ione

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Anacithara ione
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. ione
Binomial name
Anacithara ione
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms [1]

Drillia ioneMelvill & Standen, 1896

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

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Description

A chaste pale violet species, with occasional brown dorsal shading. Sometimes, indeed, the ground colour is pale-brown or ochre, while other specimens are pure white The length of the small shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The shell has a thickened fusiform build. It is longitudinally thickly costate, the ribs few in number. The shell contains seven or eight whorls, slightly ventricose, uniformly spirally lirate. The interstices when viewed with a lens are beautifully decussate. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thickened, transversely striate, as are the whorls. The columellar margin is simple. The short siphonal canal is wide. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Anacithara ione (Melvill & Standen, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432949 on 2016-12-21
  2. ↑ Melvill & Standen (1897), Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells from the Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands Parts ii & III
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