Anachis fulva

Anachis fulva
Shell of Anachis fulva (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. fulva
Binomial name
Anachis fulva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms
Columbella fulvaG. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell presents as ovate-subulate and tawny, and is covered with a very finely reticulated (net-like) epidermis. It comprises 10 whorls; the upper ones display longitudinal ribbing. The body whorl features spiral striations below and longitudinal ribs above. The aperture, along with the internal denticles, appears white. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Ecuador

References

1. Anachis fulva (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) . 21 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832–1833). "Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the Committee of Science and correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. Part 2: 115. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.