Anacithara themeropis

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Anacithara themeropis
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Original image of a shell of Anacithara themeropis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. themeropis
Binomial name
Anacithara themeropis
(Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia themeropisMelvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination)
  • Drillia xanthoporphyriaMelvill & Standen, 1896
  • Iredalea xanthoporphyriaMelvill, J.C. & R. Standen, 1897, "1896"

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

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Description

(Original description) The length of the ventricose shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. Two forms have been seen by us, differing in colour as follows :—In what would be considered the type, an ashy brown is the prevailing hue, filleted round the whorls transversely with bluish white. In the other, a handsomer variety, a warm ochre with flecking and median brown linear banding round the three last whorls, which are seven in number altogether. The form of the shell is oblong. It is very solid, obtusely ribbed with fine spiral striae. The outer lip is extremely thickened. The inner lip is simple. The aperture is ovate. The columella is simple. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Anacithara themeropis (Melvill & Standen, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432969 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