Anachis atkinsoni

Anachis atkinsoni
Shell of Anachis atkinsoni (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. atkinsoni
Binomial name
Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
Synonyms
Columbella speciosaAngas, 1877 Macrozafra dolicha(Verco, 1910) Mangelia atkinsoniTenison Woods, 1876 superseded combination Pyrene dolichaVerco, 1910 ·

Anachis atkinsoni is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small, ovately fusiform, somewhat tumid, white, and shining. It is clothed with a ferruginous epidermis. It is zoned with obtusely angular lines. The spire is mamillate. It comprises 6 whorls, which are ribbed, with valid, rounded ribs (six in the body whorl). The aperture is ovate and acute above. The outer lip is acute, and the inner lip is simple and replicate. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

1. Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876) . 15 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Tenison Woods, J.E. (1876). "Descriptions of new Tasmanian shells". Papers and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1875: 141. Retrieved 15 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332–448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.

External links

• Angas, G.F. (1877). "Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 34–40. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
• Verco, J.C. (1910). "Notes on South Australian Marine Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species. - Part XIII". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 34. Retrieved 15 June 2025.