Anachis Explained

Anachis is a large genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Species

, the World Register of Marine Species listed the following species in genus Anachis

• Anachis adelinae G. W. Tryon, 1883 – West America
• Anachis albonodosa P. P. Carpenter, 1857 – West America
• Anachis aliceae (Pallary, 1900)
• Anachis alliouagana Faber, 2004
• Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Anachis atramentaria Sowerby, 1844 – West America
• Anachis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822)
• Anachis avaroides Nordsieck, 1975
• Anachis bacalladoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008
• Anachis barazeri K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
• Anachis bastionii Pelorce, 2020
• Anachis beachportensis (Verco, 1910)
• Anachis berryi Shasky, 1970 – West America
• Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841)
• Anachis carloslirae Costa, 1996
• Anachis catenata (G.B. Sowerby, 1844)
• Anachis chuni (Thiele, 1925)
• Anachis cominellaeformis (Tate, 1892)
• Anachis constrictocanalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis coronata (G.B. Sowerby, 1832) – West America
• Anachis coseli Diaz & Mittnacht, 1991
• Anachis costellata (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) – West America
• Anachis cuspidata (Marrat, 1877)
• Anachis decimdentata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
• Anachis delamarrei Rolan & Boyer, 2006
• Anachis delineata Rolan & de Oliveira, 2008
• Anachis demanorum De Jong & Coomans, 1988
• Anachis domlamyi Pelorce, 2020
• Anachis donnae Moolenbeek & Dance, 1994
• Anachis facula K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis fasciata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825)
• Anachis fauroti (Jousseaume, 1888)
• Anachis fayae A. M. Keen, 1971 – West America
• Anachis fenestrata (Verco, 1910)
• Anachis fenneli Radwin, 1968 – America
• Anachis fluctuata (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
• Anachis freytagi (Maltzan, 1884) – West Africa
• Anachis fulva Sowerby, 1832 – West America
• Anachis fusidens (W. H. Dall, 1908) – West America
• Anachis gaskoini P. P. Carpenter, 1857 – West America
• Anachis gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1852) – West America
• Anachis guerreroensis A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1937 – West America
• Anachis hannana Hertlein & Strong, 1951
• Anachis incisa K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis inferiodentata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis inopinatus K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
• Anachis isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1839)
• Anachis juani Horro & Rolán, 2010
• Anachis jungi Faber, 2004
• Anachis kraussii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) – Indian Ocean
• Anachis leblondae Pelorce, 2020
• Anachis lentiginosa (R. B. Hinds, 1844) – West America
• Anachis lillianae Whitney, 1978 – West Mexico
• Anachis limula K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis lyrata Sowerby I, 1832 – West America
• Anachis madagascarensis Bozzetti, 2019
• Anachis martinicensis Pelorce, 2013
• Anachis milium Dall, 1916
• Anachis miser (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
• Anachis moesta (C. B. Adams, 1852) – West America
• Anachis nigricans (Sowerby, 1844) – West America
• Anachis nigrofusca P. P. Carpenter, 1857 – West America
• Anachis nisitella P. L. Duclos, 1840
• Anachis norfolkensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis oxillia (Duclos, 1846)
• Anachis pardalis R. B. Hinds, 1843 – West America
• Anachis pellucida Bozzetti, 2019
• Anachis phanea W. H. Dall, 1919 – West America
• Anachis pinguis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis polyaulax K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• † Anachis problematica Laws, 1944
• Anachis proclivis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
• Anachis profunda Pelorce, 2017
• Anachis ragivarui K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018
• Anachis rassierensis Smythe, 1985
• Anachis raysutana Smythe, 1985
• Anachis rechonchuda Lima & Guimarães, 2015^[1]
• Anachis reedi P. Bartsch, 1928 – West America
• Anachis remoensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910)
• Anachis renatae Rios, 2009
• Anachis rhodae Radwin, 1968 – America
• Anachis richardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
• Anachis ritteri Hertlein & Strong, 1951 – West America
• Anachis roberti Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006
• Anachis rugosa (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
• Anachis rugulosa (Sowerby, 1844) – West America
• Anachis ryalli Rolan, 2005
• Anachis sanfelipensis Lowe, 1935 – West America
• Anachis scalarina (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
• Anachis sinaloa A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1937 – West America
• Anachis spadicea (R. A. Philippi, 1846) – West America
• Anachis stricta (Watson, 1882)
• Anachis strix (Watson, 1882)
• Anachis strongi P. Bartsch, 1928 – West America
• Anachis teevani J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 – West America
• Anachis terpsichore (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) – India
• Anachis treva F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1938 – West America
• Anachis unidens Pelorce, 2020
• Anachis valledori Rolán & Luque, 2002
• Anachis varia (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
• Anachis varicosa (Gaskoin, 1852) – West America
• Anachis vermiculucostata Monsecour & Monsecour, 2009
• Anachis vexillum (L. A. Reeve, 1858) – West America
• Anachis xani Rolán & Gori, 2012

The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database lists the following species with names in current use:^[2]

• Anachis algoensis Sowerby, 1892
• Anachis alofa (Hedley, 1899)
• Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
• Anachis dolicha (Verco, 1910)
• Anachis fulgida (Reeve, 1859)
• Anachis fuscolineata (Thiele, 1930)
• Anachis lightfooti Smith, 1901
• Anachis lurida Hedley, 1907
• Anachis marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852)
• Anachis milium Dall, 1916
• Anachis miser (Sowerby, 1844)
• Anachis smithi (Angas, 1877)
• Anachis sugillata (Reeve, 1859)
• Anachis vercoi (Thiele, 1930)

, the following species were mentioned in the database Shell-Bearing Mollusca:^[3]

• Anachis albella C. B. Adams, 1850 – Caribbean
• Anachis albomarginata Okamoto & Habe, 1979 – Japan
• Anachis almiranta Ch. Hedley, 1915 – Australia
• Anachis alternata A. A. Gould, 1860 – China
• Anachis amirantium Smith, 1879 – Japan
• Anachis antillarum L. A. Reeve, 1859 – West Indies
• Anachis atkinsoni J. E. Tennison-Woods, 1876 – Australia
• Anachis atomella P. L. Duclos, 1840 – Europe
• Anachis atrata A. A. Gould, 1860 – South Africa
• Anachis bicanaliferum Sowerby, 1832 West America
• Anachis brasiliana E. von Martens, 1897 – America
• Anachis calva Verco, 1910 – Australia
• Anachis cicinnata Montrouzier, 1860 – Japan
• Anachis cithara L. A. Reeve, 1859 – West America
• Anachis columnaria W. L. May, 1915 – Australia
• Anachis cophinodes H. Suter, 1908 – New Zealand
• Anachis darwini G. F. Angas, 1877 – Australia
• Anachis dautzenbergi Hervier, 1899 – Indo-Pacific
• Anachis descendens E. von Martens – West Africa
• Anachis diggelsi J. Brazier, 1874 – Australia
• Anachis divaricata H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Japan
• Anachis electona P. L. Duclos, 1840
• Anachis emergens Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 – Senegal
• Anachis enwrighti A. W. B. Powell, 1940 – New Zealand
• Anachis gemmulifera Ch. Hedley, 1907 – Australia
• Anachis gilva C. T. Menke, 1847 – West America
• Anachis gowllandi J. Brazier, 1874 – Australia
• Anachis hahajimama H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Japan
• Anachis hannana J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 – West America
• Anachis harpiformis Sowerby, 1832 – West America
• Anachis intricata Ch. Hedley, 1912 – Australia
• Anachis io P. Bartsch, 1915 – South Africa
• Anachis iodostoma Gaskoin, 1852 – Australia
• Anachis isabellei d'Orbigny, 1841 – East America
• Anachis japonica A. Adams, 1860 – Japan
• Anachis kirostra P. L. Duclos, 1840 -
• Anachis legrandi J. E. Tennison-Woods, 1876 – Australia
• Anachis liocyma H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Indo-Pacific
  • Anachis lyrata veleda P. L. Duclos, 1846 – Caribbean
• Anachis mariae A. W. B. Powell, 1940 – New Zealand
• Anachis melvillei H. Strebel, 1905 – Southwest Atlantic
• Anachis minuscula A. A. Gould, 1862 – Japan
  • Anachis misera californica L. A. Reeve, 1843 – Japan
  • Anachis misera nigromaculata J. R. Tomlin 1915 – Japan
  • Anachis misera plicatospira G. B. Sowerby III, 1915 – Japan
  • Anachis misera polynyma H. A. Pilsbry, 1901 – Japan
• Anachis mitriformis A. Adams, 1860 – Indo-Pacific
• Anachis multicostata W. L. May, 1910 – Australia
• Anachis nanisca Herbier, 1899 – Japan
• Anachis nodicincta H. Suter, 1899 – New Zealand
• Anachis oerstedi E. von Martens, 1897 – West America
• Anachis plexa Ch. Hedley, 1901 – Australia
• Anachis pulchella H. de Blainville, 1829 – America
• Anachis pumila R. W. Dunker, 1860 – Indo-Pacific
• Anachis pygmaea Sowerby, 1832 – West America: synonym of Parvanachis pygmaea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Anachis radwini Altena, 1975: synonym of Parvanachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845)
• Anachis regulus Souverbie, 1864 – Indo-Pacific
• Anachis savignyi F. P. Jousseaume in Mozzo, 1929 – Europe
• Anachis sinensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 -Indo-Pacific
• Anachis strenella P. L. Duclos, 1840
• Anachis subabnormis H. Suter, 1899 – New Zealand
• Anachis suffusa Sowerby, 1844 – Galápagos Islands
• Anachis teophania P. L. Duclos, 1846
• Anachis uncinata Sowerby, 1832 – West America
• Anachis validicosta T. Habe, 1960 – Indo-Pacific
• Anachis vivens A. W. B. Powell, 1934 – New Zealand
• Anachis yukitai T. Habe, 1991 – Japan

References

• Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1–256, pls 1–32.

Notes and References

1. Lima. S.F.B.. Guimarães. C.R.P.. New bathyal Anachis (Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae) from the Southwestern Atlantic, and the designation of a lectotype for A. stricta (Watson, 1882). Zootaxa. 2015. 3949. 3. 445–450. 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.3.10. 25947819.
2. http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/70071 OBIS : Anachis
3. Web site: Shell-Bearing Mollusca : Neogastropoda . 29 July 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100116225926/http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/Neogastropoda.html . 16 January 2010 . dead .