''Anachis lamellata'' 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
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
in the
family
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Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marin ...
, the dove snails.
Description
The length of the shell attains 4.3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in he Indian Ocean off
Walters Shoals
The Walters Shoals is a group of submerged mountains off the coast of Madagascar. The shoals are south of Cape Sainte Marie - Madagascar and east of Richards Bay at the African coast. The tips of some of the mountains are only below the surf ...
.
References
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lamellata
Gastropods described in 2024
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