en Anacithara modica

Anacithara modica
	Two views of a shell of Anacithara modica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Anacithara
Species:	A. modica
Binomial name
	Anacithara modica; (E. A. Smith, 1882)
Synonyms
	Pleurotoma (Mangilia) modica E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination)

Anacithara modica is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

^ ^a ^b 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
^ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
"Anacithara modica". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

[WoRMS-1] 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

[2] Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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