Galapagos Species Database

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Anachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Gasterópodo, Gastropod

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Neogastropoda

Superfamily
Buccinoidea

Family
Columbellidae

Genus
Anachis

Species
rugosa

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Columbella bicolor Kiener, 1841, Columbella rugosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1832, Costoanachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) (Horton et al., 2021)

Origin: Native

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Sowerby, G.B., Jr. (II) (1844) Descriptions of some new species of Columbella, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esp. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 48-53.
  • 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, Anachis rugosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20022. Accessed 27 June 2025.