Anachis cuspidata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image = Anachis cuspidata (MNHN-IM-2000-6634).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Anachis cuspidata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
| taxon = Anachis cuspidata
| authority = (Marrat, 1877)
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| synonyms =
- Columbella (Anachis) cuspidata Marrat, 1877 superseded combination
- Columbella cuspidata Marrat, 1877 superseded combination
- Pyrene (Anachis) emergens Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 junior subjective synonym
- Pyrene emergens Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 junior subjective synonym
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Anachis cuspidata is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.{{WRMS species|511385|Anachis cuspidata (Marrat, 1877)|18 June 2025}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 8 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated-spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends, with a pointed spire. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed and transversely grooved, with the ribs being somewhat granular. It is tawny, spotted with brown, or pale ash-gray, with a dusky epidermis. The columella is arched, its lip covered with a circumscribed callus. The aperture is narrow, and the outer lip is lirate (ridged) on the inside. {{cite journal |last1=Marrat |first1=F.P. |title=A list of West African shells, including three new Pleurotomae and one new Columbella |journal=ella. Quarterly Journal of Conchology. |date=1877 |volume=1 |issue=12 |page=242 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16252410 |access-date=18 June 2025}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This species occurs off West Africa.
References
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External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Fischer-Piette, E. & Nicklès, M. |title=Mollusques nouveaux ou peu connus des côtes de l´Afrique occidentale |journal=Journal de Conchyliologie |date=1946 |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=61-62 |url=http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/digitalCollections/viewerpopup.aspx?seid=MNHN_CONCH_1946_T087_N002}}
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