Anachis vexillum

Anachis vexillum, common name the flag columbella, is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Anachis vexillum
Shell of Anachis vexillum (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. vexillum
Binomial name
Anachis vexillum (Reeve, 1858)
Synonyms[1]
Columbella costellata G. B. Sowerby I, 1832 (not Broderip & Sowerby I, 1829) Columbella multivoluta Reeve, 1859 Columbella vexillum Reeve, 1858 (original combination)

Description

(Original description) The shell is acuminately oblong and somewhat turreted, appearing yellowish and conspicuously striped longitudinally with dark-brown. It features eight whorls, which are somewhat swollen at the upper part and are longitudinally ribbed. The body whorl is concavely contracted. The aperture is small, and its interior is bluish. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is found in the Gulf of California , Mexico.