Anacithara janjukiensis

Anacithara janjukiensis is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. Fossils of the species date to the Early Miocene, and have been found in strata of the Bass Basin of Tasmania.

Description

In the original description, Powell described the species' as follows:
The holotype of the species measures in height and in diameter.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A.W.B. Powell in 1944. The holotype was collected from Table Cape, Tasmania, at an unknown date earlier than 1944, and is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurs in early Miocene strata of the Bass Basin, including the Freestone Cove Sandstone Formation and the Fossil Bluff Sandstone near Wynyard, Tasmania.