Anacithara querna
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| taxon = Anacithara querna
| image = Anacithara querna 001.jpg
| image_caption = Original image of a shell of Anacithara querna
| authority = (Melvill, 1910)
| synonyms = *Mangilia querna Melvill, 1910 (original combination)
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Anacithara querna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.WoRMS (2015). Anacithara querna (Melvill, 1910). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432963 on 12 December 2016
Description
(Original description) The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. A thickened pale brown or straw-coloured shell with few ribs, the number only extending to nine on the body whorl. Altogether it is seven-whorled, two of these being apical. The outer lip is thickened. No trace of sinus is perceptible. The columella is straight. The siphonal canal is very short.Melvill, J.C. (1910). [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61726#page/9/mode/1up "Descriptions of Twenty-nine Species of Marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea"]. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 8th ser. vol. VI
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Iran
References
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External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)"]. Zootaxa. 682:1–1295.
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