Anachis phanea

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Anachis phanea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species:
A. phanea
Binomial name
Anachis phanea
Dall, 1919

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm; its diameter 3.59 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small, acute, slender, and white, comprising six flattish whorls, exclusive of the smooth, glassy protoconch of about one whorl. The suture is distinct. The first two whorls are flat and smooth, while the subsequent whorls feature (approximately 14 on the body whorl) nearly vertical, narrow, straight, and rather sharp ribs with shallow, much wider interspaces that extend over the periphery. The surface is polished, and the base is attenuated and smooth. The aperture is narrow, and the outer lip is simple. The body is erased, and the columella is short, with a pervious axis. The siphonal canal is short, deep, and wide, displaying a marked siphonal fasciole bordered behind with a brown line. A few feeble spiral striae are present on the back of the siphonal canal. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Anachis phanea Dall, 1919. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511424 on 2025-06-26
  2. Dall, W.H. (1919). "DalDescriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean in the collection of the United States National Museum". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 56 (2295): 329–330. Retrieved 26 June 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .