Asperosculptura lita

Asperosculptura lita
Original image of a shell of Asperosculptura lita
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Asperosculptura
Species:	A. lita
Binomial name
Asperosculptura lita (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
Anacithara lita(Melvill & Standen, 1896) Clathurella litaMelvill & Standen, 1896 (original combination)

Asperosculptura lita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. ^[1]

Description

(Original description) The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. This is a small plain shell of simple character. The whorls are six; the lower ones ventricose, the two apical swollen, smooth and shining. Obtuse and thick ribs, longitudinally, ornament the shell, and these are spirally crossed by many conspicuous lirae. The aperture is widely ovate. The outer lip is slightly thickened. The shell is whitish. The aperture is brown within. The columellar margin is plain. Likewise the sinus on the outer lip is inconspicuous, small and rounded. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands and Vanuatu.

References

1. WoRMS (2015). Anacithara lita (Melvill & Standen, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432952 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 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Ardovini, R.; Poppe, G.T.; Tagaro, S. P. (2021). Description of three new species in a new genus in the gastropod family Horaiclavidae from the Central Philippines. Visaya. 5 (5): 127-135.