Anacithara angulosa

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

Anacithara angulosa
Shell of Anacithara angulosa (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Anacithara
Species:	A. angulosa
Binomial name
Anacithara angulosa (E. A. Smith, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
Mangelia angulosa E. A. Smith, 1872

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm, its diameter 1¾ mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is small, ovate, and pale brown. It has 6 whorls; the first 4 are convex, polished, and simple. The remaining whorls are angled in the middle and are adorned with strong, curved, distant ribs (6 on the body whorl). They are very finely striated transversely; the striae are indistinct over the ribs. The aperture is subovate, almost equaling the spire. The columella is callous and tuberculate above. The outer lip is thickened, and the siphonal canal is very short. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Western Africa