Anachis terpsichore
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. terpsichore
Binomial name
Anachis terpsichore (G.B. Sowerby I, 1822)
Synonyms [1]
† Buccinum junghuhniK. Martin, 1879 † Columbella californicaReeve, 1859 Columbella lineolataKiener, 1841 Columbella terpsichoreG.B. Sowerby I, 1822 (basionym) Columbella terpsichore var. kieneriMartens, 1897 † Columella (Anachis) fritschiO. Boettger, 1883 junior subjective synonym

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

Contents

• Description
• Distribution
• References
• External links

Description

Their shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Red Sea and off India and Sri Lanka.

References

• Martin, K. (1879-1880). Die Tertiärschichten auf Java, nach den Entdeckungen von Fr. Junghuhn. Leiden: Brill.
• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp

External links

• "Anachis terpsichore". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
• Kiener, L.C. (1834–1841). Spécies général et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Vol. 9. Famille des Purpurifères. Deuxième partie. Genres Colombelle, (Columbella), Lamarck. Vol. 9. Paris: Rousseau & J.B. Baillière.
• Martens, E. von (1897). "Conchologische Miscellen II". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 63 (1): 168.
• Boettger, O. (1883). Die Conchylien der Oligocaen-Schichten von Djokdjakarta auf Java. Die Tertiaerformation von Sumatra und ihre Thierreste. Palaeontographica, Supplement. Verbeek, R. D. M., Boettger, O. & von Fritsch, K. (Eds). pp. 43–44.

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