''Anachis coronata'' is a

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ;Subspecies: * ''Anachis coronata hannana'' Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951

Description

The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm. (Described by P.P. Carpenter) The specimens differ not a little from the type and among themselves. Some specimens are slender, acuminate, with the tubercles changed into ribs, except the last few. In these, the ribs are very numerous and fine. Two others have more the typical shape of '' Anachis varia'', with the ribs further apart, and in front slightly tubercular. They are known from the previous species by the smoothness of the upper whorls. The inside of the outer lip is more finely toothed (the denticles run into grooves), and is often richly stained. The painting is very fine; brownish purple pencilings on a light ground.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of California and in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico and Panama

References

* Abbott, R. T. (1974). American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls

External links

* * * {{taxonbar, from=Q3728234 coronata Gastropods described in 1832