Anacithara ione | |
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Original image of a shell of Anacithara ione | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Anacithara |
Species: | A. ione
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Binomial name | |
Anacithara ione (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Drillia ione Melvill & Standen, 1896 |
Anacithara ione is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]
A chaste pale violet species, with occasional brown dorsal shading. Sometimes, indeed, the ground colour is pale-brown or ochre, while other specimens are pure white The length of the small shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The shell has a thickened fusiform build. It is longitudinally thickly costate, the ribs few in number. The shell contains seven or eight whorls, slightly ventricose, uniformly spirally lirate. The interstices when viewed with a lens are beautifully decussate. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thickened, transversely striate, as are the whorls. The columellar margin is simple. The short siphonal canal is wide. [2]
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.
Anacithara ione | |
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Original image of a shell of Anacithara ione | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Anacithara |
Species: | A. ione
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Binomial name | |
Anacithara ione (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Drillia ione Melvill & Standen, 1896 |
Anacithara ione is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. [1]
A chaste pale violet species, with occasional brown dorsal shading. Sometimes, indeed, the ground colour is pale-brown or ochre, while other specimens are pure white The length of the small shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 3 mm. The shell has a thickened fusiform build. It is longitudinally thickly costate, the ribs few in number. The shell contains seven or eight whorls, slightly ventricose, uniformly spirally lirate. The interstices when viewed with a lens are beautifully decussate. The aperture is wide. The outer lip is thickened, transversely striate, as are the whorls. The columellar margin is simple. The short siphonal canal is wide. [2]
This marine species occurs off the Loyalty Islands.