Anachis vexillum

Anachis vexillum
Shell of Anachis vexillum (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. vexillum
Binomial name
Anachis vexillum (Reeve, 1858)
Synonyms [1]
Columbella costellataG. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (not Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) Columbella multivolutaReeve, 1859 Columbella vexillumReeve, 1858 (original combination)

Anachis vexillum, common name the flag columbella, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Description

(Original description) The shell is acuminately oblong and somewhat turreted, appearing yellowish and conspicuously striped longitudinally with dark-brown. It features eight whorls, which are somewhat swollen at the upper part and are longitudinally ribbed. The body whorl is concavely contracted. The aperture is small, and its interior is bluish. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Gulf of California , Mexico.

References

1. Anachis vexillum (Reeve, 1858) . 2 July 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. Reeve, L.A. (1858–1859). Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11. London: L. Reeve & Co. Retrieved 2 July 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls.

External links

• Broderip, W. J. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1832–1833). "Descriptions of new species of shells from the collection formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the southern Pacific Ocean". Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. part II: 118.