Anachis kraussii

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

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

Anachis kraussii
Original image of a shell of 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
  • Pleurotoma (Mangelia) fulgurans F. Krauss, 1848· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pyrene kraussi (Sowerby I, 1844)
  • Raphitoma fulgurans (Krauss, 1848)

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.

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