Anachis terpsichore

Anachis terpsichore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. terpsichore
Binomial name
Anachis terpsichore (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
† Buccinum junghuhniK. Martin, 1879 † Columbella californicaReeve, 1859 Columbella lineolataKiener, 1841 Columbella terpsichoreG.B. Sowerby I, 1822 (basionym) Columbella terpsichore var. kieneriMartens, 1897 † Columella (Anachis) fritschiO. Boettger, 1883 junior subjective synonym

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

Description

Their shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Red Sea and off India and Sri Lanka.

References

1. Anachis terpsichore (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822) . 1 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .

• Martin, K. (1879-1880). Die Tertiärschichten auf Java, nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Leiden: Brill.
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

External links

• "Anachis terpsichore". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
• Kiener, L.C. (1834–1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 9. Famille des Purpurifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Colombelle, (Columbella), Lamarck. Vol. 9. Paris: Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.
• Martens, E. von (1897). "Conchologische Miscellen II". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 63 (1): 168.
• Boettger, O. (1883). Die Conchylien der Oligocaen-Schichten von Djokdjakarta auf Java. Die Tertiaerformation von Sumatra und ihre Thierreste. Palaeontographica, Supplement. Verbeek, R. D. M., Boettger, O. & von Fritsch, K. (Eds). pp. 43–44.