Anacithara platycheila

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| taxon =Anacithara platycheila

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| authority = (E. A. Smith, 1882)

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| synonyms = Pleurotoma (Mangilia) platycheila E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

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Anacithara platycheila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara platycheila. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432960 on 2016-12-21

Description

The length of the ovate, dirty white shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter {{frac|2|2|3}} mm. It contains {{frac|6|1|2}} whorls. The outer lip is conspicuously thin, very dilated laterally and slightly sinuate on top. The columella has a slight callus. The open siphonal canal is very short. The single reddish-brown band around the body whorl and the broadly expanded lip at once mark the distinctness of this species. The maculations near the suture are about three on a whorl.{{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}}

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