Anacithara leptalea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Anacithara leptalea | |
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| Original image of a shell of Anacithara leptalea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Anacithara |
| Species: | A. leptalea
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| Binomial name | |
| Anacithara leptalea Hedley, 1922
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 3.5 mm, its diameter 1.5 mm.
(Original description) The small, solid shell is narrowly ovate. Its colour is uniform white. It contains six whorls, including a smooth two-whorled protoconch. Prominent ribs, parted by their own breadth, are set at nine or ten to a whorl.;Both ribs and interstices are traversed by a series of uniform sharp spiral threads—six on the penultimate whorl and thirteen on the body whorl. The aperture is narrow, protected by a broad and high varix. The siphonal canal is short and open. The sinus is a semicircular notch. There are no denticules on the lips, but a deeply seated fold is just visible on the columella.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Anacithara hervieri Hedley, 1922. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432948 on 2016-12-18
- ^ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56