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Anacithara
''Anacithara'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.Bouchet, P. (2015). Anacithara Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432392 on 2016-12-17 This genus was previously classified under the subfamily Mangeliinae, but transferred to Crassispirinae by Kilburn in 1994 In 2011 it was brought into the family Horaiclavidae by Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. in their publication "A new operational classification of the Conoidea" Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". ''Journal of Molluscan Studies'' 77: 273-308. . Description This genus consists of small claviform shells (3–10 mm) which resemble ''Eucithara'' Fischer, 1883 (family Mangeliidae) in their upper whorls and sculpture, but differ in their wide aperture, devoid of teeth on eithe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Conata
''Anacithara conata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.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 Description (Original description) The shell is shorter and broader than '' Anacithara naufraga'' (Hedley, 1909). Its color is pale brown with a chocolate peripheral band. Distribution This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ .... References 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Brevicostata
''Anacithara brevicostata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara brevicostata Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432942 on 2016-12-18 Description The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The small, thin shell has an elongate-ovate shape. Its colour is pale buff, with a narrow subsutural baud. It contains six rounded whorls, including the two whorls in the protoconch, which is smooth, turbinate, and slightly tilted. The ribs are rather prominent, rounded and broader than their interstices. They number nine on the penultimate whorl and on the body whorl ten.;These are spaced more widely than those above, commencing at the suture and terminating rather abruptly at the periphery. The spirals are even, comparatively coarse, and close-set threads, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Leptalea
''Anacithara leptalea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara hervieri Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432948 on 2016-12-18 Description The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm. (Original description) The small, solid shell is narrowly ovate. Its colour is uniform white. It contains six whorls, including a smooth two-whorled protoconch. Prominent ribs, parted by their own breadth, are set at nine or ten to a whorl.;Both ribs and interstices are traversed by a series of uniform sharp spiral threads—six on the penultimate whorl and thirteen on the body whorl. The aperture is narrow, protected by a broad and high varix. The siphonal canal The siphonal canal is an anatomical feature of the shells of certain groups of sea snails within the clade Neogastropoda. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Ione
''Anacithara ione'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara ione (Melvill & Standen, 1896). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432949 on 2016-12-21 Description A chaste pale violet species, with occasional brown dorsal shading. Sometimes, indeed, the ground colour is pale-brown or ochre, while other specimens are pure white The length of the small shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The shell has a thickened fusiform build. It is longitudinally thickly costate, the ribs few in number. The shell contains seven or eight whorls, slightly ventricose, uniformly spirally lirate. The interstices when viewed with a lens are beautifully decussate. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thickened, transversely striate, as are the whorls. The columellar margin is simple. The short siphonal canal is wide. Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Hervieri
''Anacithara hervieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara hervieri Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432948 on 2016-12-18 Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The small, elongate shell has a turreted shape. Its colour is dull white. The protoconch is pale primrose yellow. The shell contains six whorl A whorl ( or ) is an individual circle, oval, volution or equivalent in a whorled pattern, which consists of a spiral or multiple concentric objects (including circles, ovals and arcs). Whorls in nature File:Photograph and axial plane floral ...s. The ribs are low, distant, perpendicular, angled at the shoulder, running from suture to base, but not continuing from one whorl to another. They number seven on the penultimate wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Hebes
''Anacithara hebes'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara hebes Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432947 on 2016-12-18 Description The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The small, solid shell has a biconical shape. Its colour is uniform white. It contains six whorls, angled at the shoulder. It shows low, rounded, and close-set ribs. They number eleven on the penultimate whorl, and become evanescent on the body whorl. The spirals are close fine threads, nearly uniform in size and spacing, crossing ribs and interstices alike, and extending over the whole whorl from the suture downwards, numbering about six on the penultimate whorl and twenty-two on the body whorl. The wide aperture is unarmed. The varix is slight. The sinus is shallow. The si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Exquisita
''Anacithara exquisita'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara exquisita Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432945 on 2016-12-18 Description The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The small shell has a biconical shape. Its colour is uniform pure white. It contains six, turreted whorls. The protoconch consists of two smooth, elevated, symmetrical whorls. The ribs are rather low and rounded, discontinuous from whorl to whorl. They number eight on the penultimate whorl, which become shorter, lower, wider spaced, and tend to disappear. Fine, dense, even spiral threads overrun the whole surface. The open aperture is unarmed. The varix is well developed. The sinus is a semicircular incision. The siphonal canal The siphonal canal is an anatomica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Dulcinea
''Anacithara dulcinea'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara dulcinea (Melvill & Standen, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432944 on 2016-12-21 Description The length of the ovate, dirty white shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. A white, fusiform, very delicately-striated shell, with six swollen whorls, impressed at the sutures, obscurely longitudinally ribbed. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is effuse. Under a lens the surface is seen to be very finely besprinkled with minute dust-like brown spots. Distribution This marine species occurs off Lifu, the Loyalty Islands. References External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1–1295 {{DEFAULTSORT:Anacithara Dulcinea dulcinea Dulcinea del Toboso is a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Caelatura
''Anacithara caelatura'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara caelatura Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432943 on 2016-12-18 Description The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. (Original description) The small, rather solid shell has a fusiform shape. Its colour is buff, with an indistinct pale ferruginous band on the shoulder. It contains six whorls, rounded above, constricted at the sutures, and contracted at the base. The ribs are perpendicular, narrow, widely spaced, not continuing from whorl to whorl. The number nine on the penultimate whorl, on the body whorl eight. Fine even close-set spirals overrun the whole shell. The wide aperture is unarmed. The varix is high and broad. The sinus is wide and rather deep. The siphonal canal is short and broad. Distrib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Levukensis
''Anacithara levukensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara levukensis (Watson, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432951 on 2016-12-21 Description (Original description) The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. This species extremely resembles ''Haedropleura septangularis'' (Montagu, 1803)., in general appearance and in sculpture, both as regards ribs and the fine spiral striae. In form it is smaller, narrower, and much more cylindrical. The body whorl is similarly tumid ; but it and the aperture sare till more shorter.;The penultimate whorl is very much smaller and especially is narrower; while the upper whorls are broader, and the apex very much broader and blunter. The specimen is in too bad condition for detailed description. Distribution This marine species occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Goodingii
''Anacithara goodingii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara goodingii (E. A. Smith, 1884). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432946 on 2016-12-21 Description The length of the acuminate-ovate, white shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter mm. It contains 7 whorls. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is thickened and slightly sinuate. The siphonal canal is short and narrow. The fine prominent plicate ribs (numbering 9–10) are continuous up the spire. The ribs are spirally marked with minute, dense striations. The spiral row of reddish dots on the ribs, two on the upper whorls and three on the body whorl The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anacithara Angulosa
''Anacithara angulosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ....Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Anacithara angulosa (E. A. Smith, 1872). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=571788 on 2016-12-21 Description The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1¾ mm. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa References * Nolf F. & Swinnen F. (2011) ''Anacithara biscoitoi (Mollusca: Conoidea: Turridae), a new species from West Sahara (W Africa)''. Neptunea 10(2): 16–19. External links Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |