Biology:Anacithara janjukiensis
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
| Anacithara janjukiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Anacithara janjukiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
Description
The length of this shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.
Distribution
This extinct marine species occurred off Tasmania in Lower Miocene strata.
References
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q28428474 entry
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