Anachis cuspidata

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Anachis cuspidata
Anachis cuspidata (MNHN-IM-2000-6634).jpeg
Shell of Anachis cuspidata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species:
A. cuspidata
Binomial name
Anachis cuspidata
(Marrat, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Columbella (Anachis) cuspidataMarrat, 1877 superseded combination
  • Columbella cuspidataMarrat, 1877 superseded combination
  • Pyrene (Anachis) emergensFischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 junior subjective synonym
  • Pyrene emergensFischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 junior subjective synonym

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated-spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends, with a pointed spire. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed and transversely grooved, with the ribs being somewhat granular. It is tawny, spotted with brown, or pale ash-gray, with a dusky epidermis. The columella is arched, its lip covered with a circumscribed callus. The aperture is narrow, and the outer lip is lirate (ridged) on the inside. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs off West Africa.

References

  1. Anachis cuspidata (Marrat, 1877) . 18 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Marrat, F.P. (1877). "A list of West African shells, including three new Pleurotomae and one new Columbella". ella. Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 1 (12): 242. Retrieved 18 June 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .