Anachis atkinsoni

Anachis atkinsoni is a species of sea snail in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is small, ovately fusiform, somewhat tumid, white, and shining. It is clothed with a ferruginous epidermis. It is zoned with obtusely angular lines. The spire is mamillate. It comprises 6 whorls, which are ribbed, with valid, rounded ribs (six in the body whorl). The aperture is ovate and acute above. The outer lip is acute, and the inner lip is simple and replicate.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia.

References

• Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332–448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp.

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