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Anachis sanfelipensis

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Anachis sanfelipensis
Shell of Anachis sanfelipensis (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Anachis
Species:
A. sanfelipensis
Binomial name
Anachis sanfelipensis
H. N. Lowe, 1935

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 17 mm, its diameter 6.5 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico

References

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  • 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.
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  • Lowe, H.N. (1935). "New marine mollusca from west Mexico, together with a list of shells collected at Punta Penasco, Sonora, Mexico". Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 6: 20. Retrieved 1 July 2025.