Anacithara stricta facts for kids
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Anacithara stricta is a tiny sea snail that lives in the ocean. It is a type of gastropod mollusk, which means it's a snail with a shell, and it belongs to the family Horaiclavidae. This species was first described by Charles Hedley in 1922.
What Does Anacithara stricta Look Like?
The shell of Anacithara stricta is quite small. It usually grows to about 4.5 millimeters (less than half a centimeter) long and 1.5 millimeters wide.
Its shell is shaped a bit like a cylinder, but it's rounded at both ends. The color of the shell is a pale, creamy buff all over. It has about five and a half turns, or spirals, which are called whorls. The very first part of the shell, called the protoconch (like the snail's 'baby shell'), is a bit flat and not perfectly even.
The shell has faint, raised lines called ribs. These ribs are spaced out and not very noticeable. On the main part of the shell, these ribs only go partway down from the top edge. There are about fourteen of these ribs on both the second-to-last turn and the largest, main turn of the shell.
Even more noticeable are the spiral ridges that go around the shell. These spirals are rough and widely spaced, with about eighteen of them on the main part of the shell. The opening of the shell, called the aperture, is wide and smooth, without any teeth or bumps. It has a small, faint ridge on the outer lip of the opening, called a varix. The curve or notch near the opening, called the sinus, isn't very clear. The short, wide tube at the bottom of the opening is called the siphonal canal.
Where Does Anacithara stricta Live?
This marine snail is endemic to Australia, which means it is found only in this country and nowhere else in the world. It lives off the coast of Queensland.
See Also
- Gastropods of Australia
