Anachis kraussii

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Anachis kraussii
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A. kraussii
Binomial name
Anachis kraussii
(G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • 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
  • Pyrene kraussi (Sowerby I, 1844)

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

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

Description

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Distribution

This species is distributed along Southwest and Southeast Africa.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anachis kraussii .  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 July 2012.
  • Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 102
  • Kilburn R.N. & Marais J.P. (2010) Columbellidae. pp. 60–104, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376 pp.

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