Anachis menaletta

Anachis menaletta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. menaletta
Binomial name
Anachis menaletta (Duclos, 1846)
Synonyms
Anachis bartschiiDall, 1918 Anachis gaskoiniP. P. Carpenter, 1857 junior subjective synonym Colombella menalettaDuclos, 1846 superseded combination Columbella taeniataR. A. Philippi, 1846 junior homonym (junior homonym of Columbella...) Columbella venustaReeve, 1858

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

Description

(Described as Anachis gaskoini) The shell is small, rather solid, and subturreted. It is whitish, marked with narrow brownish spiral lines – five on the body whorl and two on the penultimate. It is adorned with brownish-purple spots between the posterior two on alternating ribs. The infrasutural area is white, featuring a scarcely brownish spiral line.

Comprising six normal whorls, these are somewhat rounded and separated by an impressed suture. The shell features about 13 radiating, rounded, not very prominent ribs, which become subobsolete towards the aperture. The interspaces are undulated. The surface is somewhat shiny, and is finely striulate around the base.

The aperture is subelongate and subquadrate. The outer lip is thickened and is 5-dentate internally, with a strong posterior tooth. The inner lip is scarcely projecting and is rugose above the columella. The siphonal canal is very short. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of California and in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico.

References

1. Anachis menaletta (Duclos, 1846) . 15 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Carpenter, P.P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. pp. 528–529. Retrieved 15 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Monsecour, K. & Monsecour, D. (2023). Nomenclature corrections and notes in Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Gloria Maris. 61(4): 213-219.

External links

• Duclos, P.L. (1846–1850). Colombella. In: Chenu, J. C. Illustrations conchyliologiques ou description et figures de toutes les coquilles connues vivantes et fossiles, classées suivant le système de Lamarck modifié d'après les progrès de la science et comprenant les genres nouveaux et les espèces récemment découvertes. Volume 4 (PDF).
• Dall, W.H. (1918). "Notes on Chrysodomus and other mollusks from the North Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 54 (2234).
• Philippi, R.A. (1846). "Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten". Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 3 (2): 54.
• Reeve, R.A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11. London: L. Reeve & Co.
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