Anachis milium
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
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| image_caption = Shell of Anachis milium (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
| taxon = Anachis milium
| authority = (Dall, 1916)
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| synonyms =
- Columbella (Anachis) milium Dall, 1916 superseded combination
- Columbella milium Dall, 1916 superseded combination
- Columbella parva G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (Invalid: treated by Dall as a secondary homonym of Buccinum parvum H.C. Lea, 1841; Columbella milium is a replacement name)
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Anachis milium is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.{{WRMS species|511412|Anachis milium (Dall, 1916)|25 June 2025}}
Description
The length of the shell attains 5.2 mm.
(Original description as Columbella parva) The shell is oblong and pale, marked with a single spiral chestnut-colored band. Its apex is acuminated, and its 6 whorls are longitudinally ribbed and cross-striated. The body whorl appears smooth anteriorly near the outer variciform lip. The aperture is rather short and somewhat sinuous, and the columellar lip is raised. {{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 |page=142 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11076453 |access-date=25 June 2025}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This species occurs off the Baja California, Mexico and in the Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador.
References
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- Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284.
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Dall |first1=W.H. |title=Notes on West American Columbellidae |journal=The Nautilus |date=1916 |volume=30 |issue=3 |page=26 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1748558 |access-date=25 June 2025}}
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