Costoanachis
genus of molluscs
Costoanachis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Species
Species within the genus Costoanachis include:
Costoanachis albicostata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
Costoanachis alcazari Ortea & Espinosa, 2017
Costoanachis aurea Lussi, 2017
Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822)
Costoanachis beckeri (G.B. Sowerby III, 1900)
Costoanachis calidoscopio Espinosa, Ortea & Diez, 2017
Costoanachis carioca K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
Costoanachis carmelita Espinosa, Ortea & Fernadez-Garcés, 2007
Costoanachis cascabulloi Espinosa, Fernandez-Garcès & Ortea, 2004
Costoanachis castoi Ortea & Espinoza, 2018
Costoanachis catenata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844)
† Costoanachis chinensis (MacNeil, 1961)
Costoanachis delahozi Ortea & Espinoza, 2018
Costoanachis floridana (Rehder, 1939)
Costoanachis geovanysi Espinosa & Ortea, 2014
Costoanachis guembeli (R. Hoernes & Auinger, 1880) †
† Costoanachis haitensis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850)
† Costoanachis harzhauseri Landau, Van Dingenen & Ceulemans, 2023
Costoanachis hotessieriana (d’Orbigny, 1842)
† Costoanachis idjowensis (Oostingh, 1940)
Costoanachis indistincta (Thiele, 1925)
Costoanachis jeffreysbayensis Lussi, 2017
Costoanachis kirostra (Duclos, 1840)
† Costoanachis koolhoveni (Oostingh, 1940)
† Costoanachis latecostata (O. Boettger, 1902)
† Costoanachis lauensis (Ladd, 1977)
† Costoanachis leroyi (MacNeil, 1961)
† Costoanachis magnicostata Sacco, 1890
† Costoanachis parva Sacco, 1890
† Costoanachis peyrehoradensis Lozouet, 2015
† Costoanachis praeterebralis Lozouet, 2015
† Costoanachis problematica (Laws, 1944)
† Costoanachis procorrugata Sacco, 1890
† Costoanachis rewaensis (Ladd, 1977)
Costoanachis rudyi Espinosa & Ortea, 2006
† Costoanachis saccostata Radwin, 1968
Costoanachis scutulata (Reeve, 1859)
† Costoanachis semicostata Sacco, 1890
Costoanachis semiplicata (Stearns, 1873)
Costoanachis sertulariarum (d'Orbigny, 1839)
Costoanachis similis (Ravenel, 1861)
Costoanachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859)
Costoanachis stimpsoni (Bartsch, 1915)
Costoanachis teophania (Duclos, 1848)
† Costoanachis terebralis (Grateloup, 1834)
Costoanachis translirata (Ravenel, 1861)
† Costoanachis turbinellus Sacco, 1890
† Costoanachis venzoi Harzhauser & Landau, 2021
Costoanachis waltershoalensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
† Costoanachis winradi (Ladd, 1977)
Species brought into synonymy
Costoanachis bacalladoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008: synonym of Anachis bacalladoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008
Costoanachis dentilabia Lussi, 2009: synonym of Retizafra dentilabia (Lussi, 2009)
Costoanachis fenneli Radwin, 1968: synonym of Anachis fenneli Radwin, 1968
Costoanachis fluctuata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Anachis fluctuata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Costoanachis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857): synonym of Cotonopsis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
Costoanachis rassierensis Smythe, 1985: synonym of Anachis rassierensis Smythe, 1985
Costoanachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Anachis rugosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Costoanachis valae Lussi, 2009: synonym of Retizafra valae (Lussi, 2009)
Costoanachis varia (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832: synonym of Anachis varia (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
References
Notes
Bibliography
Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4-21.
Monsecour K. & Monsecour D., 2016. Deep-water Columbellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Caledonia, in HEROS V., STRONG E. & BOUCHET P. (eds), Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 29. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle 208: 291-362
External links
Sacco, F. (1890). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte VI. (Volutidae, Marginellidae, Columbellidae).
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