Anacithara platycheila is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Anacithara platycheila | |
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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. platycheila
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| Binomial name | |
| Anacithara platycheila (E. A. Smith, 1882)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Mangilia) platycheila E. A. Smith, 1882 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe 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
edit- ^ a b 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
- ^ Smith, E.A. (1877). "Diagnoses of new species of Pleurotomidae in the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (19): 488–501.
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