Anachis pardalis

Anachis pardalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Anachis pardalis
Shell of Anachis pardalis (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. pardalis
Binomial name
Anachis pardalis (Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms
Anachis carmen Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 Clavatula pardalis Hinds, 1843 (original combination) Crassispira pardalis (Hinds, 1844) Columbella sulcosa Sowerby, 1844

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate, smooth, and blackish. It features tawny riblets that run from the apex to the base, and the interstices are striated. The aperture is oblong, with the outer lip crenulated inside, and the siphonal canal is short. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Costa Rica to Ecuador