Anacithara platycheila

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

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

Description

The length of the ovate, dirty white shell attains 6.5 mm, its diameter 2+2⁄3 mm. It contains 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.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Anacithara platycheila (E. A. Smith, 1882). 5 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ 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

[WoRMS-1] Anacithara platycheila (E. A. Smith, 1882). 5 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[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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