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Anacithara undaticosta

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Anacithara undaticosta
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. undaticosta
Binomial name
Anacithara undaticosta
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia undaticosta Brazier, 1876
  • Pleurotoma undaticosta Reeve, 1845 (original combination)

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

In 1994 R.N. Kilburn disputed the attribution by Charles Hedley (1922) of Pleurotoma undaticostata Reeve, 1845 to the genus Anacithara, because the original figure by Reeve showed a shell that is too fusiform, and lacked further detail. The holotype of this species as described by Reeve is lost, making it impossible to describe this species accurately.[2][3]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

The whitish shell has a fusiform shape. The, whorls are slightly shouldered, with longitudinal, waved ribs.[4]

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

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  • Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
  • Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., i., 1876, p. 161
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