Anacithara conata
| Anacithara conata | |
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| Original image of a shell of Anacithara conata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Anacithara |
| Species: | A. conata |
| Binomial name | |
| Anacithara conata (Hedley, 1909) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangelia naufraga conata Hedley, 1909 | |
Anacithara conata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Description
(Original description) The shell is shorter and broader than Anacithara naufraga (Hedley, 1909). Its color is pale brown with a chocolate peripheral band. [2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Anacithara conata (Hedley, 1909). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435261 on 2016-12-19
- ↑ Ch. Hedley (1909), Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales v. 34 p. 458
External links
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
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