Anachis fasciata
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
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| image = Anachis fasciata 01.JPG
| image_caption = Shell of Anachis fasciata
| taxon = Anachis fasciata
| authority = (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
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| synonyms =
- Colombella anacteola Duclos, 1840 junior subjective synonym
- Columbella fasciata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 superseded combination
- Columbella javacensis Reeve, 1858 junior subjective synonym
}}
Anachis fasciata is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.{{WRMS species|511391|Anachis fasciata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)|17 June 2025}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 34 mm.
(Original description) The shell is oblong and smooth, featuring an obtuse apex. It is transversely sulcate (grooved) at the base. The whorls are variegated (streaked/spotted) with whitish and fulvous (tawny), appearing white posteriorly. The suture is strong, with a sub-obsolete groove located near the suture. The columella is rather smooth. {{cite book |last1=Sowerby |first1=G.B. I |title=Monograph of the genus Columbella. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4) |date=1844 |publisher=privately published |location=London |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076453}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
References
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External links
- {{cite book |last1=Duclos |first1=P.L. |title=Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines à l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle |date=1840 |publisher=Didot |location=Paris |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45200570 |access-date=16 June 2025}}
- {{cite book |last1=Reeve |first1=L.A. |title=Monograph of the Genus Columbella. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 11 |date=1858–1859 |publisher=L. Reeve & Co. |location=London |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8183166}}
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