Anachis kraussii

Anachis kraussii
	Original image of a shell of Anachis kraussii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. kraussii
Binomial name
	Anachis kraussii; (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms
	List 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 ; Pleurotoma (Mangelia) fulgurans F. Krauss, 1848· accepted, alternate representation ; Pyrene kraussi (Sowerby I, 1844) ; Raphitoma fulgurans (Krauss, 1848);

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

Subspecies

Anachis kraussii kitchingi (Sowerby III, 1894)
Anachis kraussii kraussii (Sowerby I, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 8 mm

The small, elongated-tuureted shell has a short spire and an acute apex. The color of the shell is white, adorned with red angulate bands. The shell contains 8 convex whorls with longitudinal plicate ribs (11 obtuse ribs in the penultimate whorl). The suture is simple. The oblique interstices are smooth. The body whorl is subcostate. The base of the shell is transversely striated. The white aperture is ovate, becoming blunt at the top. The outer lip is sharp and smooth inside. The siphonal canal is short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southwest and Southeast Africa.

References

Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 102
Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. pp. 60–104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.
Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae.

External links

"Anachis kraussi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.

[WoRMS-1] Anachis kraussii. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.

[2] F. (1848) Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Mollusken des Kap- und Natallandes und zur Geographischen Verbreitung derselben mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner and Seubert, Stuttgart, 140 pp., 6 pls

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