Costoanachis avara

Costoanachis avara
Apertural view of a shell of Costoanachis avara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Costoanachis
Species: C. avara
Binomial name
Costoanachis avara
(Say, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anachis avara (Say T., 1822)
  • Anachis (Costoanachis) avara (Say, T., 1822)
  • Columbella avara Say, 1822 (original combination)

Costoanachis avara, common name the greedy dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida; in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 November 2012.
  • Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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