Anachis miser

Anachis miser
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. miser
Binomial name
Anachis miser (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms
Buccinum zebraWood, 1828 (non Müller, 1774) Columbella japonicaMartens, 1897 Columbella miserG. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (original combination) Columbella miser var. nigromaculataTomlin, 1915 Columbella nigricostataSmith, 1878 Columbella polynymaPilsbry, 1901 Columbella zebra(Wood, 1828) Pyrene felinaHedley, 1915 Pyrene zebra(Wood, 1828)

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

Subspecies

• Anachis miser miser(G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
• Anachis miser nigromaculata(Tomlin, 1915)
• Anachis miser polynyma(Pilsbry, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

(Original description) The shell is oblong-ovate, and appears whitish or yellowish. The spire is pyramidal. It comprises six whorls, which are rather convex and are speckled with chestnut in front. The five posterior whorls are longitudinally ribbed, while the anterior whorl is also ribbed, but its dorsal ribs are almost obsolete anteriorly. The aperture is rather broad and sub-rhomboidal. The denticles within the outer lip are few and small. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off India, the Eastern Indian Ocean, in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Monsecour, K. (2014). Anachis miser (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511413 on 2015-02-23
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. Retrieved 16 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Smith, E.A. 1879. On a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 804–821, pl. 50
• Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77-85
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links

• "Anachis (Anachis) miser miser". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.