Anacithara janjukiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Anacithara janjukiensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Horaiclavidae |
Genus: | Anacithara |
Species: | A. janjukiensis
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Binomial name | |
Anacithara janjukiensis A.W.B. Powell, 1942
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Description
editThe length of this shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.
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Distribution
editThis extinct marine species occurred off Tasmania in Lower Miocene strata.
References
edit- Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp. 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.