Anacithara janjukiensis

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

Anacithara janjukiensis
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. janjukiensis
Binomial name
Anacithara janjukiensis
A.W.B. Powell, 1942

Description

The length of this shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurred off Tasmania in Lower Miocene strata.

References

  • Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
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