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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Anachis varia (Sowerby I, 1832)


Range: 11°N to 10°N; 83.08°W to 74°W
Depth: 0.5 to 7 m (live 1 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Columbella varia Sowerby I, 1832
Costanachis varia (Sowerby I, 1832) 

Details


Columbella varia Sowerby I, 1832a, p. 114
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ad Panamam
Range: 11°N to 10°N; 83.08°W to 74°W
Depth: 0.5 to 7 m (live 1 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Colombia
References: Cosel (1986) DdLlNEM; Robinson & Montoya (1987) SW
Combining Genera:  Costanachis


Partial List of References

Sowerby, G. B., I. 1832. [New species of Shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Genus Columbella] Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2 113-120. [True date: 14 Aug 1832.]

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