Anachis aliceae
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
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| image = Anachis aliceae 001.jpg
| image_caption = Shell of Anachis aliceae (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
| taxon = Anachis aliceae
| authority = (Pallary, 1900)
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms = Columbella (Seminella) aliceae Pallary, 1900
}}
Anachis aliceae is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.{{WRMS species|139191|Anachis aliceae (Pallary, 1900)||17 April 2010}}
Description
(Original description in French) This species differs from Anachis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) by its less acute spire, its larger apex, and its more numerous, larger, more salient, and more widely spaced granulations. Anachis aurantia also has each of its whorls bordered by a white ridge, which is absent in A. aliceae.
Finally, the coloration of the two shells is quite different: A. aliceae is a beautiful clear honey yellow, while Anachis aurantia is a beautiful pink. {{cite journal |last1=Pallary |first1=P. |title=Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. |journal=Journal de Conchyliologie |date=1900 |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=279-280 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 |access-date=14 June 2025}}
Distribution
This species occurs in the Alboran Sea off Algeria.
References
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External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. |title=Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. |journal=Patrimoines Naturels |date=2001 |volume=50 |url=https://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf}}
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