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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 ...

.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". ''

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Description

This genus consists of small claviform shells (3–10 mm) which resemble ''

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Mangeliidae Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea. Bouchet, P. (2011). Mangeliidae P. Fischer, 1883. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Regis ...

) in their upper

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, devoid of teeth on either side. The small, smooth and blunt protoconch consists of two whorls.Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922
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Species

Species in Anacithara include: * '' Anacithara angulicostata'' Kilburn, 1994 * '' Anacithara angulosa'' (E. A. Smith, 1872) * † '' Anacithara axialis'' (P. Marshall, 1918) * '' Anacithara biconica'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015 * '' Anacithara biscoitoi'' Nolf & Swinnen, 2011 * '' Anacithara brevicostata'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara caelatura'' Hedley, 1922 * † '' Anacithara clifdenica'' Powell, 1942 * ''

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.mari ...

'' (Hedley, 1909) * '' Anacithara dulcinea'' (Melvill & Standen, 1895) * † '' Anacithara errabunda'' Powell, 1942 * '' Anacithara exquisita'' Hedley, 1922 * † '' Anacithara finlayi'' Powell, 1942 * '' Anacithara goodingii'' (E. A. Smith, 1884) * '' Anacithara hebes'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara hervieri'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara ione'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * † '' Anacithara janjukiensis'' Powell, 1944 * '' Anacithara leptalea'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara levukensis'' (Watson, 1881) * '' Anacithara lita'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * '' Anacithara maltzani'' (Knudsen, 1952) * '' Anacithara minutistriata'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) * '' Anacithara modica'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) * † '' Anacithara nana'' Powell, 1942 * '' Anacithara nanisca'' (Hervier, 1897) * ''

Anacithara naufraga ''Anacithara naufraga'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). WoRMS (2015). Anacithara naufraga (Hedley, 1909). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...

'' (Hedley, 1909) * '' Anacithara osumiensis'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1913) * '' Anacithara perfecta'' Kay, 1979 * '' Anacithara phyllidis'' (Hedley, 1922) * '' Anacithara platycheila'' (E. A. Smith, 1882) * '' Anacithara propinqua'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara punctostriata'' Bozzetti, 2009 * '' Anacithara pupiformis'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015 * '' Anacithara pyrgoformis'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015 * '' Anacithara querna'' (Melvill, 1910) * '' Anacithara rissoina'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara robusta'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara simplex'' (Turton W. H., 1932) * '' Anacithara stricta'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara subrissoina'' Kilburn, 1994 * '' Anacithara themeropis'' (Melvill & Standen, 1896) * '' Anacithara tumida'' Hedley, 1922 * '' Anacithara undaticosta'' (Reeve, 1845) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Anacithara alfredi'' (E. A. Smith, 1904): synonym of ''

Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi ''Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi'' is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Pseudorhaphitoma alfredi (E. A. Smith, 1904). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Specie ...

'' (E. A. Smith, 1904) * ''Anacithara amplexa'' (Gould, 1860): synonym of ''

Guraleus amplexus ''Guraleus amplexus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.Gofas, S. (2010). Guraleus amplexus. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.or ...

'' (Gould, 1860) * ''Anacithara pupiforme'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015: synonym of '' Anacithara pupiformis'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015 * ''Anacithara pyrgoforme'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015: synonym of '' Anacithara pyrgoformis'' Barros, Santana & Lima, 2015

References

External links

Barros, José CN, Cesar AS Santana, and Silvio FB Lima. "Three new species of Anacithara from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean, Brazil." SPIXIANA 38.1 (2015): 21-28
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