''Anacithara nanisca'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
family
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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 ...
.
[WoRMS (2015). WoRMS (2015). Anacithara nanisca (Hervier, 1897). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432955 on 2016-12-19]
R.N. Kilburn disputed in 1994 that ''Mangilia nanisca'' should belong to the genus ''Anacithara'', as it shows apertural features that are unknown in ''Anacithara'', such as two median denticles in the inner
lip and a posterior nodule on the outer lip.
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.
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Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Queensland
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, 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_ ...
, Australia and off the Loyalty Islands
References
* Hervier, J. 1897. ''Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie''. Journal de Conchyliologie 45: 47–69, pls 2-3
* Bouge & Dautzenberg, Journal de Conchyliologie., Ixi., 1913 (1914), p. 153.
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
MNHN, Patis: syntype
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nanisca
Gastropods described in 1897