Anachis isabellei

Anachis isabellei
Shell of Anachis isabellei (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. isabellei
Binomial name
Anachis isabellei (A. d'Orbigny, 1839)
Synonyms
Buccinum isabelleiA. d'Orbigny, 1839 (original combination) Columbella (Seminella) melvilleiStrebel, 1905 junior subjective synonym Columbella melvilleiStrebel, 1905 Nassa isabellei(A. d'Orbigny, 1839) superseded combination Parvanachis isabellei(A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Pyrene isabellei(A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Pyrene melvillei(Strebel, 1905) ·

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

Description

The shell attains a length of 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The white shell is oblong, longitudinally grooved and transversely striated. The spire is acute, with the body whorl somewhat smooth in the middle. The aperture is oval, smooth, and white. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina..

References

1. Anachis isabellei (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) . 22 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Orbigny, A.D. d' (1834–1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3). p. 433. Retrieved 22 June 2025. nnççsource-attribution}}

External links

• Strebel, H. (1905). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Molluskenfauna der Magelhaen-Provinz. No. 3". Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere. 22: 637.