Anacithara nana

{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}}

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Anacithara nana is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. {{WRMS species|831539|Anacithara nana A.W.B. Powell, 1942|5 July 2025}}

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.65 mm, its diameter 2.27 mm.

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Distribution

This extinct marine species occurred off New Zealand in Lower and Middle Miocene strata.

References

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  • 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.