Anachis rugosa

Anachis rugosa
	Shell of Anachis rugosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. rugosa
Binomial name
	Anachis rugosa; (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms
	Columbella bicolor Kiener, 1841; Columbella rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (original combination); Costoanachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832);

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is oblong and somewhat humped in the middle. It has a dusky epidermis, and the spire's apex is usually eroded. There are 7 whorls, which are longitudinally ribbed and rugose (wrinkled). The body whorl is spirally ribbed below and longitudinally ribbed above, with all ribs bearing a single tubercle on top. The aperture is somewhat open.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off California, USA and in the Gulf of California and in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador

References

^ Anachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). 19 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ 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 2: 116. 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

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 2: 116.
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.

[WoRMS-1] Anachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832). 19 June 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[2] 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 2: 116. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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