Anachis pardalis

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image_caption = Shell of Anachis pardalis (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)

| taxon = Anachis pardalis

| authority = (Hinds, 1843)

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| synonyms =

  • Anachis carmen Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
  • Clavatula pardalis Hinds, 1843 (original combination)
  • Crassispira pardalis (Hinds, 1844)
  • Columbella sulcosa Sowerby, 1844

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Anachis pardalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.MolluscaBase (2018). Anachis pardalis (Hinds, 1843). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511421 on 2018-08-12

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, smooth, and blackish. It features tawny riblets that run from the apex to the base, and the interstices are striated. The aperture is oblong, with the outer lip crenulated inside, and the siphonal canal is short. {{cite journal |last1=Hinds |first1=R.B. |title=On new species of Pleurotoma, Clavatula, and Mangelia |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |date=1843 |volume=1843 |issue=11 |page=42 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680014 |access-date=26 June 2025}} {{source-attribution}}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Costa Rica to Ecuador

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