''Costoanachis'' is a

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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.

Species

Species within the genus ''Costoanachis'' include: * '' Costoanachis albicostata'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 * '' Costoanachis alcazari'' Ortea & Espinosa, 2017 * '' Costoanachis aurea'' Lussi, 2017 * '' Costoanachis avara'' (Say, 1822) * '' Costoanachis beckeri'' (G.B. Sowerby III, 1900) * '' Costoanachis calidoscopio'' Espinosa, Ortea & Diez, 2017 * '' Costoanachis carioca'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 * '' Costoanachis carmelita'' Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007 * '' Costoanachis cascabulloi'' Espinosa, Fernandez-Garcès & Ortea, 2004 * '' Costoanachis castoi'' Ortea & Espinoza, 2018 * '' Costoanachis catenata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) * † '' Costoanachis chinensis'' (MacNeil, 1961) * '' Costoanachis delahozi'' Ortea & Espinoza, 2018 * '' Costoanachis floridana'' (Rehder, 1939) * '' Costoanachis geovanysi'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2014 * '' Costoanachis guembeli'' (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1880) † * † '' Costoanachis haitensis'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) * † '' Costoanachis harzhauseri'' Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2023 * '' Costoanachis hotessieriana'' (d’Orbigny, 1842) * † '' Costoanachis idjowensis'' (Oostingh, 1940) * '' Costoanachis indistincta'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Costoanachis jeffreysbayensis'' Lussi, 2017 * '' Costoanachis kirostra'' (Duclos, 1840) * † '' Costoanachis koolhoveni'' (Oostingh, 1940) * † '' Costoanachis latecostata'' (O. Boettger, 1902) * † '' Costoanachis lauensis'' (Ladd, 1977) * † '' Costoanachis leroyi'' (MacNeil, 1961) * † '' Costoanachis magnicostata'' Sacco, 1890 * † '' Costoanachis parva'' Sacco, 1890 * † '' Costoanachis peyrehoradensis'' Lozouet, 2015 * † '' Costoanachis praeterebralis'' Lozouet, 2015 * † '' Costoanachis problematica'' (Laws, 1944) * † '' Costoanachis procorrugata'' Sacco, 1890 * † '' Costoanachis rewaensis'' (Ladd, 1977) * '' Costoanachis rudyi'' Espinosa & Ortea, 2006 * † '' Costoanachis saccostata'' Radwin, 1968 * '' Costoanachis scutulata'' (Reeve, 1859) * † '' Costoanachis semicostata'' Sacco, 1890 * '' Costoanachis semiplicata'' (Stearns, 1873) * '' Costoanachis sertulariarum'' (d'Orbigny, 1839) * '' Costoanachis similis'' (Ravenel, 1861) * '' Costoanachis sparsa'' (Reeve, 1859) * '' Costoanachis stimpsoni'' (Bartsch, 1915) * '' Costoanachis teophania'' (Duclos, 1848) * † '' Costoanachis terebralis'' (Grateloup, 1834) * '' Costoanachis translirata'' (Ravenel, 1861) * † '' Costoanachis turbinellus'' Sacco, 1890 * † '' Costoanachis venzoi'' Harzhauser & Landau, 2021 * '' Costoanachis waltershoalensis'' K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 * † '' Costoanachis winradi'' (Ladd, 1977) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Costoanachis bacalladoi'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008: synonym of '' Anachis bacalladoi'' Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008 * ''Costoanachis dentilabia'' Lussi, 2009: synonym of '' Retizafra dentilabia'' (Lussi, 2009) * ''Costoanachis fenneli'' Radwin, 1968: synonym of '' Anachis fenneli'' Radwin, 1968 * ''Costoanachis fluctuata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of '' Anachis fluctuata'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Costoanachis lafresnayi'' (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857): synonym of '' Cotonopsis lafresnayi'' (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857) * ''Costoanachis rassierensis'' Smythe, 1985: synonym of ''

Anachis rassierensis ''Anachis rassierensis'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Description The length of the shell attains 13.1 mm. Distribution This species occurs off Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, ...

'' Smythe, 1985 * ''Costoanachis rugosa'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of '' Anachis rugosa'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Costoanachis valae'' Lussi, 2009: synonym of ''

Retizafra valae ''Retizafra valae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda. ...

'' (Lussi, 2009) * ''Costoanachis varia'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of ''

Anachis varia ''Anachis varia'' is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Description (Original description in Latin) The shell is oblong and decussately-ribbed, with an acuminated (pointed) apex. The 8-9 whorls are brownish, va ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

References

;Notes ;Bibliography * Pelorce J. (2017). ''Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française.'' Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4-21. * Monsecour K. & Monsecour D. , 2016. ''Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia'', in HEROS V., STRONG E. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 208: 291-362

External links

Sacco, F. (1890). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte VI. (Volutidae, Marginellidae, Columbellidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 76 pp., 2 pl
Columbellidae Gastropod genera {{Columbellidae-stub