Anachis cuspidata

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

Anachis cuspidata
Shell of Anachis cuspidata (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. cuspidata
Binomial name
Anachis cuspidata (Marrat, 1877)
Synonyms
Columbella (Anachis) cuspidata Marrat, 1877 superseded combination Columbella cuspidata Marrat, 1877 superseded combination Pyrene (Anachis) emergens Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 junior subjective synonym Pyrene emergens Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 junior subjective synonym

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is elongated-spindle-shaped, tapering at both ends, with a pointed spire. The whorls are longitudinally ribbed and transversely grooved, with the ribs being somewhat granular. It is tawny, spotted with brown, or pale ash-gray, with a dusky epidermis. The columella is arched, its lip covered with a circumscribed callus. The aperture is narrow, and the outer lip is lirate (ridged) on the inside. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs off West Africa.