Anacithara Explained

Anacithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

This genus was previously classified under the subfamily Mangeliinae, but transferred to Crassispirinae by Kilburn in 1994 ^[2] 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" ^[3]

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 either side. The small, smooth and blunt protoconch consists of two whorls.^[4]

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 (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 (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 (E. A. Smith, 1904)
• Anacithara amplexa (Gould, 1860): synonym of Guraleus amplexus (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

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

Notes and References

1. 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
2. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/journal_archive/03040798/228.pdf 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.
3. Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308. .
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95333#page/7/mode/1up Hedley, Charles. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Vol. 13. 1922