Anacithara goodingii

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

Anacithara goodingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Anacithara
Species:	A. goodingii
Binomial name
Anacithara goodingii (E. A. Smith, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) goodingii E. A. Smith, 1884 (original combination) Pleurotoma goodingii E. A. Smith, 1884 (original combination)

Description

The length of the acuminate-ovate, white shell attains 7.5 mm, its diameter 2+2⁄3 mm. It contains 7 whorls. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is thickened and slightly sinuate. The siphonal canal is short and narrow. The fine prominent plicate ribs (numbering 9–10) are continuous up the spire. The ribs are spirally marked with minute, dense striations. The spiral row of reddish dots on the ribs, two on the upper whorls and three on the body whorl, are the principal distinctive characters of this species.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand and occurs off Ninety Mile Beach, North Island.