Anacithara modica

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

Anacithara modica
Two views of a shell of Anacithara modica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. modica
Binomial name
Anacithara modica
(E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Mangilia) modica E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Description

The length of the ovate-fusiform, pink to purple, semitransparent shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2½ mm. It contains 6 whorls. The aperture is small. The outer lip is much thickened and slightly sinuate on top..The columella has a slight callus. The wide siphonal canal is very short.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

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References
  1. WoRMS (2015). Anacithara modica (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432954 on 2016-12-21
  2. Smith, E.A. (1882) Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 10, 206–218
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
  • "Anacithara modica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
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