Anachis moesta

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Anachis moesta
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Shell of Anachis moesta (specimen at Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species:
A. moesta
Binomial name
Anachis moesta
(C. B. Adams, 1852)
Synonyms

Columbella moestaC. B. Adams, 1852 (original combination)

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

Description

The shell attains a length of 7 mm, its diameter 1 1/3 mm.

(Original description) The shell is slender and subfusiform, appearing black or brownish-black, with the color less intense on the back of the body whorl. The upper whorls are smooth or display one or two revolving striae. Middle whorls feature twelve to fifteen ribs, with the interstices spirally striate. The ribs and striae become obsolete on the back of the body whorl, but are more strongly striated anteriorly.

The apex is acute, and the spire is very slender. The eight whorls are scarcely convex, with the suture lightly impressed. The aperture is long and narrow. The outer lip is variciform, very thick, sinuate posteriorly, and crenulated within. The columellar lip is nearly smooth. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

References

  1. ↑ Anachis moesta (C. B. Adams, 1852) . 21 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. ↑ Adams, C.B. (1852). "Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and habitat". Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. 5: 319. Retrieved 21 June 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  1. ↑ Martens, E. von (1897). "Conchologische Miscellen II". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 63 (1): 172. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
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