Anacithara undaticosta

Anacithara undaticosta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species: A. undaticosta
Binomial name
Anacithara undaticosta
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia undaticosta Brazier, 1876
  • Pleurotoma undaticosta Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

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

In 1994 R.N. Kilburn disputed the attribution by Charles Hedley (1922) of Pleurotoma undaticostata Reeve, 1845 to the genus Anacithara, because the original figure by Reeve showed a shell that is too fusiform, and lacked further detail. The holotype of this species as described by Reeve is lost, making it impossible to describe this species accurately. [2] [3]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

The whitish shell has a fusiform shape. The, whorls are slightly shouldered, with longitudinal, waved ribs. [4]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Anacithara undaticosta (Reeve, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432971 on 2016-12-19
  2. ↑ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
  3. ↑ Kilburn, R. N. "Turridae [sl(Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 7. Subfamily Crassispirinae, section 2." Annals of the Natal Museum 35 (1994): 177-228.]
  4. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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