Anachis kraussii

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

Anachis kraussii
Original image of a shell of Anachis kraussii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Anachis
Species:	A. kraussii
Binomial name
Anachis kraussii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
List Anachis kraussi [sic] (misspelling) Anachis kraussii f. io Bartsch, 1915 Buccinum cereale Krauss, 1848 Columbella alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 Columbella cerealis Reeve, 1859 Columbella fulminea Gould, 1860 Columbella helena Turton, 1932 Columbella io Bartsch, 1915 Columbella kraussi G.B. Sowerby I, 1844 (basionym) Columbella kraussi kraussi Turton, 1932 Columbella kraussi var. albanyana Turton, 1932 Pleurotoma fulgurans Krauss, 1848 Pleurotoma (Mangelia) fulgurans F. Krauss, 1848· accepted, alternate representation Pyrene kraussi (Sowerby I, 1844) Raphitoma fulgurans (Krauss, 1848)

Subspecies

• Anachis kraussii kitchingi (Sowerby III, 1894)
• Anachis kraussii kraussii (Sowerby I, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 8 mm

The small, elongated-tuureted shell has a short spire and an acute apex. The color of the shell is white, adorned with red angulate bands. The shell contains 8 convex whorls with longitudinal plicate ribs (11 obtuse ribs in the penultimate whorl). The suture is simple. The oblique interstices are smooth. The body whorl is subcostate. The base of the shell is transversely striated. The white aperture is ovate, becoming blunt at the top. The outer lip is sharp and smooth inside. The siphonal canal is short.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southwest and Southeast Africa.