Anachis miser

Anachis miser
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. miser
Binomial name
	Anachis miser; (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms
	Buccinum zebra Wood, 1828 (non Müller, 1774); Columbella japonica Martens, 1897; Columbella miser G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 (original combination); Columbella miser var. nigromaculata Tomlin, 1915; Columbella nigricostata Smith, 1878; Columbella polynyma Pilsbry, 1901; Columbella zebra (Wood, 1828); Pyrene felina Hedley, 1915; Pyrene zebra (Wood, 1828);

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

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

This marine species occurs off India, the Eastern Indian Ocean, in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, Oceania and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

^ Bouchet, P.; Monsecour, K. (2014). Anachis miser (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511413 on 2015-02-23

Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1844. Monograph of the genus Columbella. 109–146, pls 36–40 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1.
Smith, E.A. 1879. On a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878: 804–821, pl. 50
Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77-85
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

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