Anacithara dulcinea
Anacithara dulcinea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Anacithara dulcinea | |
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| Original image of a shell of Anacithara dulcinea | |
Scientific 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] | |
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Mangilia (Daphnella) dulcinea Melvill & Standen, 1895 (original combination) | |
Description
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
This marine species occurs off Lifu, the Loyalty Islands.
References
- 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
- 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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