Anachis milium
| Anachis milium | |
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| Shell of Anachis milium (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Anachis |
| Species: | A. milium |
| Binomial name | |
| Anachis milium (Dall, 1916) | |
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Anachis milium is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm.
(Original description as Columbella parva) The shell is oblong and pale, marked with a single spiral chestnut-colored band. Its apex is acuminated, and its 6 whorls are longitudinally ribbed and cross-striated. The body whorl appears smooth anteriorly near the outer variciform lip. The aperture is rather short and somewhat sinuous, and the columellar lip is raised. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs off the Baja California, Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador.
References
- ^ Anachis milium (Dall, 1916). 25 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Sowerby, G.B. I (1844). Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4). London: privately published. p. 142. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
External links
- Dall, W.H. (1916). "Notes on West American Columbellidae". The Nautilus. 30 (3): 26. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
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