Anachis milium

Anachis milium
Shell of Anachis milium (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. milium
Binomial name
Anachis milium (Dall, 1916)
Synonyms
Columbella (Anachis) miliumDall, 1916 superseded combination Columbella miliumDall, 1916 superseded combination Columbella parvaG. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (Invalid: treated by Dall as a secondary homonym of Buccinum parvumH.C. Lea, 1841; Columbella milium is a replacement name)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm.

(Original description as Columbella parva) The shell is oblong and pale, marked with a single spiral chestnut-colored band. Its apex is acuminated, and its 6 whorls are longitudinally ribbed and cross-striated. The body whorl appears smooth anteriorly near the outer variciform lip. The aperture is rather short and somewhat sinuous, and the columellar lip is raised. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off the Baja California, Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador.

References

1. Anachis milium (Dall, 1916) . 25 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Sowerby, G.B. I (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4). London: privately published. p. 142. Retrieved 25 June 2025. 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.

External links

• Dall, W.H. (1916). "Notes on West American Columbellidae". The Nautilus. 30 (3): 26. Retrieved 25 June 2025.