Anacithara querna
Species of gastropod
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Anacithara querna is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
| Anacithara querna | |
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| Original image of a shell of Anacithara querna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Anacithara |
| Species: | A. querna |
| Binomial name | |
| Anacithara querna (Melvill, 1910) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mangilia querna Melvill, 1910 (original combination) | |
Description
(Original description) The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2 mm. A thickened pale brown or straw-coloured shell with few ribs, the number only extending to nine on the body whorl. Altogether it is seven-whorled, two of these being apical. The outer lip is thickened. No trace of sinus is perceptible. The columella is straight. The siphonal canal is very short.[2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Iran
