Parvanachis

Parvanachis
Parvanachis pygmaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Parvanachis Radwin, 1968
Type species
Buccinum obesum C. B. Adams, 1845
Synonyms
Anachis (Parvanachis)Radwin, 1968 (original rank)

Parvanachis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Parvanachis include:

• Parvanachis adamsi deMaintenon, 2014
• Parvanachis bocapanensis Arias Ávila, 2021
• Parvanachis dichroma deMaintenon, 2014
• Parvanachis diminuta (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Parvanachis forcellii Arias Ávila, 2021
• Parvanachis minibrunnea deMaintenon, 2014
• Parvanachis mullineri (Poorman, 1983)
• Parvanachis nigricans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
• Parvanachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) ^[2]
• Parvanachis ostreicola (G.B. Sowerby III, 1882) ^[3]
• Parvanachis paessleri (Strebel, 1905)
• Parvanachis pepecarrascoi Ortea & Espinosa, 2017
• Parvanachis pygmaea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Parvanachis isabellei(d'Orbigny, 1839): synonym of Anachis isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1839)
• Parvanachis pulchella(Blainville, 1829): synonym of Falsuszafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)

References

1. Parvanachis Radwin, 1968 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 04/17/10.
2. Parvanachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.
3. Parvanachis ostreicola (Sowerby III, 1882) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 April 2010.

External links

• Carpenter, P.P. (1857). Catalogue of the collection of Mazatlan Mollusca in the British Museum collected by Frederick Reigen. London: British Museum. p. 527. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
• Radwin G.E. (1968). New taxa of western Atlantic Columbellidae (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 81: 143-150.
• deMaintenon M. J. (2014). Taxonomic revision of the species of Parvanachis Radwin, (Gastropoda: Columbellidae) from the Gulf of Panama. Zootaxa. 3753(3): 201-225.