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Anacithara querna

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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

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