Anachis pardalis

Anachis pardalis
Shell of Anachis pardalis (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. pardalis
Binomial name
Anachis pardalis (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Anachis carmenPilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 Clavatula pardalisHinds, 1843 (original combination) Crassispira pardalis(Hinds, 1844) Columbella sulcosaSowerby, 1844

Anachis pardalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, smooth, and blackish. It features tawny riblets that run from the apex to the base, and the interstices are striated. The aperture is oblong, with the outer lip crenulated inside, and the siphonal canal is short. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Costa Rica to Ecuador

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Anachis pardalis (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511421 on 2018-08-12
2. Hinds, R.B. (1843). "On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1843 (11): 42. Retrieved 26 June 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• "Anachis (Parvanachis) pardalis pardalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• H. A. Pilsbry and H. N. Lowe, West Mexican and Central American Mollusks Collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929-31; Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Vol. 84 (1932), pp. 33-144