Anachis kraussii

Anachis kraussii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species: A. kraussii
Binomial name
Anachis kraussii
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anachis kraussi [sic] (misspelling)
  • Anachis kraussii f. io Bartsch, 1915
  • Buccinum cereale Krauss, 1848
  • Columbella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
  • Columbella cerealis Reeve, 1859
  • Columbella fulminea Gould, 1860
  • Columbella helena Turton, 1932
  • Columbella io Bartsch, 1915
  • Columbella kraussi G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 (basionym)
  • Columbella kraussi kraussi Turton, 1932
  • Columbella kraussi var. albanyana Turton, 1932
  • Pleurotoma fulgurans Krauss, 1848
  • Pyrene kraussi (Sowerby I, 1844)

Anachis kraussii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Subspecies

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 8 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along Southwest and Southeast Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Anachis kraussii .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.

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