Anachis freytagi

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

Anachis freitagi
Shell of Anachis freytagi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species:
A. freitagi
Binomial name
Anachis freitagi
(von Maltzan, 1884)
Synonyms[1]
  • Columbella bubakensis Lamy, 1822
  • Columbella freytagi Maltzan, 1884 (basionym)
  • Columbella oselmonta Duclos, 1835
  • Pyrene freytagi (Maltzan, 1884)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 7 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Atlantic Ocean along Angola, Senegal and Ghana

References
  1. Anachis freitagi (von Maltzan, 1884) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 January 2011.
  • Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. [Shells and molluscs of Angola]. Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
  • Monsecour, K. (2010). Checklist of Columbellidae. pers. comm.
  • "Anachis freytagi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  • Lamy, E. (1923). Mission du Comte Jean de Polignac et de M. Louis Gain (Campagne du Sylvana 1913): mollusques testacés. Comptes Rendus du Congrès des Sociétés Savantes (Paris). 1922: 22–37
  • Duclos P.L. (1840). Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de tous les genres de coquilles univalves marines a l'état vivant et fossile, publiée par monographie. Genre Colombelle. Didot, Paris. 13 pl.


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