Anachis isabellei

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

Anachis isabellei
Shell of Anachis isabellei (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. isabellei
Binomial name
Anachis isabellei (A. d'Orbigny, 1839)
Synonyms
Buccinum isabellei A. d'Orbigny, 1839 (original combination) Columbella (Seminella) melvillei Strebel, 1905 junior subjective synonym Columbella melvillei Strebel, 1905 Nassa isabellei (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) superseded combination Parvanachis isabellei (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Pyrene isabellei (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Pyrene melvillei (Strebel, 1905) ·

Description

The shell attains a length of 6 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The white shell is oblong, longitudinally grooved and transversely striated. The spire is acute, with the body whorl somewhat smooth in the middle. The aperture is oval, smooth, and white.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina..