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Anacithara janjukiensis

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Extinct species of gastropod

Anacithara janjukiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Anacithara
Species: A. janjukiensis
Binomial name
Anacithara janjukiensis
A.W.B. Powell, 1942

Anacithara janjukiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.

Description

The length of this shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

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Distribution

This extinct marine species occurred off Tasmania in Lower Miocene strata.

References

  1. Powell, A. W. B. (1944). "The Australian Tertiary Mollusca of the Family Turridae". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 3: 3–68. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905993. Wikidata Q58676624.
  • 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.
Taxon identifiers
Anacithara janjukiensis
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