Anachis boivini

Anachis boivini
Shell of Anachis boivini (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. boivini
Binomial name
Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841)
Synonyms
Columbella boiviniKiener, 1841 (original combination)

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

Description

(Original description in French) The shell is short, oval, bulging (ventricose), purpuriform, and attenuated at both ends. The spire is long, conical, and pointed; it has six or seven convex, angular, stepped whorls, crowned by pointed tubercles that, on the body whorl, extend into small longitudinal ribs. This body whorl is broad, bulging, and angular; it narrows at its base, where five or six transverse grooves are discernible.

The aperture is oval, attenuated at both ends, ending in a small, weakly notched siphonal canal. The outer lip is thick, broadly swollen in the middle, and covered with rather strong denticulations. The columella is smooth, arched, and coated with a thin layer of vitreous deposit. The color of this shell is blackish, with white and yellow spots on the tubercles; the other parts are covered with small, irregular yellow dots; the edges of the aperture are slightly tinted with red. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica and Panama.

References

1. Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841) . 17 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Kiener, L.C. (1834–1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 9. Famille des Purpurifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Colombelle, (Columbella), Lamarck. Vol. 9. Paris: Rousseau & J.B. Baillière. p. 47. Retrieved 17 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .