Anacithara platycheila

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Anacithara platycheila
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. platycheila
Binomial name
Anacithara platycheila
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms [1]
  • Pleurotoma (Mangilia) platycheilaE. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma platycheilaE. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the ovate, dirty white shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2+2⁄3 mm. It contains 6+1⁄2 whorls. The outer lip is conspicuously thin, very dilated laterally and slightly sinuate on top. The columella has a slight callus. The open siphonal canal is very short. The single reddish-brown band around the body whorl and the broadly expanded lip at once mark the distinctness of this species. The maculations near the suture are about three on a whorl. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Anacithara platycheila (E. A. Smith, 1882) . 5 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. ↑ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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