Varia Dove Shell

Anachis varia

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae

Anachis varia is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. Description (Original description in Latin) The shell is oblong and decussately-ribbed, with an acuminated (pointed) apex. The 8-9 whorls are brownish, variegated with whitish.

Distribution

Varia Dove Shell — (c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionAnachis varia, Wikipedia contributors

Varia Dove Shell

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