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Anacithara dulcinea

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Anacithara dulcinea
Original image of a shell of Anacithara dulcinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species:
A. dulcinea
Binomial name
Anacithara dulcinea
(Melvill & Standen, 1895)
Synonyms[1]

Mangilia (Daphnella) dulcinea Melvill & Standen, 1895 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the ovate, dirty white shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. A white, fusiform, very delicately-striated shell, with six swollen whorls, impressed at the sutures, obscurely longitudinally ribbed. The aperture is oblong. The outer lip is effuse. Under a lens the surface is seen to be very finely besprinkled with minute dust-like brown spots.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Lifu, the Loyalty Islands.

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Anacithara dulcinea (Melvill & Standen, 1895). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432944 on 2016-12-21
  2. ^ Melvill & Standen (1895), Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells from the Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands; Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)
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