Anachis boivini
| Anachis boivini | |
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| Shell of Anachis boivini (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. boivini |
| Binomial name | |
| Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Columbella boivini Kiener, 1841 (original combination) | |
Anachis boivini is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
(Original description in French) The shell is short, oval, bulging (ventricose), purpuriform, and attenuated at both ends. The spire is long, conical, and pointed; it has six or seven convex, angular, stepped whorls, crowned by pointed tubercles that, on the body whorl, extend into small longitudinal ribs. This body whorl is broad, bulging, and angular; it narrows at its base, where five or six transverse grooves are discernible.
The aperture is oval, attenuated at both ends, ending in a small, weakly notched siphonal canal. The outer lip is thick, broadly swollen in the middle, and covered with rather strong denticulations. The columella is smooth, arched, and coated with a thin layer of vitreous deposit. The color of this shell is blackish, with white and yellow spots on the tubercles; the other parts are covered with small, irregular yellow dots; the edges of the aperture are slightly tinted with red. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica and Panama.
References
- ^ Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841). 17 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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. p. 47. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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