Anacithara platycheila

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

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

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

Description

The length of the ovate, dirty white shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter ​2 2⁄3 mm. It contains ​6 1⁄2 whorls. The outer lip is conspicuously thin, very dilated laterally and slightly sinuate on top. The columella has a slight callus. The open siphonal canal is very short. The single reddish-brown band around the body whorl and the broadly expanded lip at once mark the distinctness of this species. The maculations near the suture are about three on a whorl.[2]

Distribution
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References
  1. WoRMS (2015). Anacithara platycheila. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432960 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


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