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Anachis miser

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Anachis miser
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species:
A. miser
Binomial name
Anachis miser
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum zebra Wood, 1828 (non Müller, 1774)
  • Columbella japonica Martens, 1897
  • Columbella miser G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (original combination)
  • Columbella miser var. nigromaculata Tomlin, 1915
  • Columbella nigricostata Smith, 1878
  • Columbella polynyma Pilsbry, 1901
  • Columbella zebra (Wood, 1828)
  • Pyrene felina Hedley, 1915
  • Pyrene zebra (Wood, 1828)

Anachis miser is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off India, the Eastern Indian Ocean, in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P.; Monsecour, K. (2014). Anachis miser (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511413 on 2015-02-23
  • Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1844. Monograph of the genus Columbella. 109–146, pls 36–40 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1.
  • Smith, E.A. 1879. On a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 804–821, pl. 50
  • Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77-85
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
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  • "Anachis (Anachis) miser miser". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.