Galapagos Species Database
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Parvanachis nigricans
Gastropodo, Gastropod
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Buccinoidea
Family
Columbellidae
Genus
Parvanachis
Species
nigricans
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Anachis nigricans (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844), Columbella nigricans G. B. Sowerby I, 1844 fide (Horton et al., 2021). Note: Anachis, and Costoanachis nigricans (Sowerby, 1844), based on anatomy and shell morphology, is transferred to Parvanachis (De Maintenon, M. J., 2014)
Origin: Native
- Adams, C.B. (1852) Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and geographical distribution. Annals of Lyceum of Natural History of New York 5: 229-549.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Parvanachis nigricans", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19870. Accessed 4 November 2026.