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Costoanachis floridana Rehder, 1939

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Neogastropoda »  family Columbellidae - Dove Shells »  genus Costoanachis

Scientific synonyms

Anachis floridana Rehder, 1939

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Costoanachis floridana

Author: Tunnell et al.

Costoanachis floridana

Author: Petuch & Myers

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Description

Costoanachis floridana (Rehder, 1939) Florida Dovesnail
Distribution: North Carolina to Florida, Texas. Size: 12 mm
Description: Color variable from yellowish to white with irregular axial, spiral, and zigzag-type markings of various tones of reddish-brown; shape elongate-conic; sculpture variable, typically of ventricose axial ridges on body whorl and fine spiral threads on convex teleoconch whorls, spiral threads pronounced at base; suture incised; body whorl broad; spire tall, almost half shell length; aperture narrow; inner surface of somewhat thickened outer lip denticulate; columella smooth.
Habitat: On rocks and sand. Found along Texas coastal bays and beaches from shoreline to a depth of 14 m (45 ft).
Remaries: See Odé and Speers (1971a); Radwin (1977, 1978); Odé (1984b); Davenport (2001b).
Synonym: Anachis floridana Rehder, 1939.
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Costoanachis floridana Rehder, 1939]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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