Anacithara modica
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| taxon =Anacithara modica
| image = Anacithara modica 001.jpg
| image_caption = Two views of a shell of Anacithara modica
| authority = (E. A. Smith, 1882)
| synonyms = Pleurotoma (Mangilia) modica E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)
| display_parents = 3
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Anacithara modica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara modica (E. A. Smith, 1882). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432954 on 2016-12-21
Description
The length of the ovate-fusiform, pink to purple, semitransparent shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 2½ mm. It contains 6 whorls. The aperture is small. The outer lip is much thickened and slightly sinuate on top..The columella has a slight callus. The wide siphonal canal is very short.{{cite journal |last1=Smith |first1=E.A. |title=Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |date=1877 |volume=4 |issue=19 |pages=488–501 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19241774}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.
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External links
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=7|id=19307|title=Anacithara modica|access-date=15 January 2019}}
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