Anacithara minutistriata explained

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

Description

The length of the ovate, dirty white, semitransparent shell attains 10.5 mm, its diameter 3½ mm. It contains 7½ whorls. The aperture is ovate. The outer lip is thickened close to the lowest rib and is hardly sinuate..The columella has a slight callus. The wide siphonal canal is very short.^[2]

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2015). Anacithara minutistriata (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432953 on 2016-12-21
2. https://archive.org/details/annalsmagazineof5101882lond 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