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Costoanachis catenata Sowerby, 1844

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

Scientific synonyms

Anachis catenata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)

Images

Costoanachis catenata

Author: Jan Delsing

Costoanachis catenata

Author: Thorsson, W.

Costoanachis catenata

Author: Caetano, C.H.S. et al.

Costoanachis catenata

Author: Faber, M.

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Dominican Republic, Panama, Puerto Rico, South America: Brazil, Caribbean

* List of countries might not be complete

Description

Anachis catenata: Shell with about eight nearly flat whorls, sculptured with rather strong, straight, longitudinal ribs and faint revolving lirae; outer lip slightly notched above, and below this notch it is thickened. Within it there are five or six denticles. Base of the shell slightly contracted; columella with feeble nodules. Color dirty white with a supramedian and basal band of dark, tessellated markings.
Length, 8; diameter, 3.5 mm.
Dall, W.H. & Simpson, C.T., 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico.
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 Anachis catenata Sowerby, 1844]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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