Anacithara undaticosta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Horaiclavidae.

In 1994 R.N. Kilburn disputed the attribution by Charles Hedley (1922) of Pleurotoma undaticostata Reeve, 1845 to the genus Anacithara, because the original figure by Reeve showed a shell that is too fusiform, and lacked further detail. The holotype of this species as described by Reeve is lost, making it impossible to describe this species accurately.

Anacithara undaticosta

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.5 mm.

Anacithara undaticosta

The whitish shell has a fusiform shape. The, whorls are slightly shouldered, with longitudinal, waved ribs.

Anacithara undaticosta

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland.

References

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma. pls 20–33 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. Brazier, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., i., 1876, p. 161

External links

Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.

undaticosta

Gastropods described in 1845