Anachis is a large genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Anachis is supported as highly polyphyletic. deMaintenon, Marta, and Ellen E. Strong. "Molecular phylogeny of Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda)." PeerJ 10 (2022): e13996.
Description This marine genus thrives in all tropical regions and comprises small to moderately sized species.
The shell is oval-fusiform and longitudinally strongly ribbed. The spire is elevated. The body whorl is not narrowed in front. The aperture is narrow. The columella is straight. The outer lip is nearly straight, features a posterior sinus, and is crenulated within.
Species , the World Register of Marine Species listed the following species in genus Anachis
Anachis adelinae G. W. Tryon, 1883 Anachis albonodosa P. P. Carpenter, 1857 Anachis aliceae (Pallary, 1900) Anachis alliouagana Faber, 2004 † Anachis anglica (S. V. Wood, 1874) Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876) Anachis atramentaria Sowerby, 1844 Anachis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) Anachis avaroides Nordsieck, 1975 Anachis bacalladoi Espinosa, Ortea & Moro, 2008 Anachis barazeri K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018 Anachis bastionii Pelorce, 2020 Anachis beachportensis (Verco, 1910) Anachis berryi Shasky, 1970 Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841) Anachis carloslirae Costa, 1996 † Anachis chariessa T. L. McGinty, 1940 Anachis chuni (Thiele, 1925) † Anachis clewistonensis M. Smith, 1936 Anachis cominellaeformis (Tate, 1892) Anachis constrictocanalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis corbariae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis coronata (G.B. Sowerby, 1832) Anachis coseli Diaz & Mittnacht, 1991 Anachis costellata (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) † Anachis crassicostata Wanner & Hahn, 1935(accepted > unreplaced junior homonym) † Anachis crassicostata Cossmann, 1903 Anachis cuspidata (Marrat, 1877) Anachis decimdentata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 Anachis delamarrei Rolan & Boyer, 2006 Anachis delapsarbocola K. Monsecour & Chino, 2025 Anachis delineata Rolan & de Oliveira, 2008 Anachis demanorum De Jong & Coomans, 1988 Anachis domlamyi Pelorce, 2020 Anachis donnae Moolenbeek & Dance, 1994 Anachis facula K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis fasciata (G.B. Sowerby I, 1825) Anachis fauroti (Jousseaume, 1888) Anachis fayae A. M. Keen, 1971 Anachis fenestrata (Verco, 1910) Anachis fluctuata (Sowerby, 1832) Anachis freytagi (Maltzan, 1884) – West Africa † Anachis fritschi (O. Boettger, 1883) Anachis fulva Sowerby, 1832 Anachis fusidens (W. H. Dall, 1908) † Anachis gembacana (K. Martin, 1884) Anachis globosa K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1852) Anachis guerreroensis A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1937 Anachis hannana Hertlein & Strong, 1951 Anachis herberti K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis incisa K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis inferiodentata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis inopinatus K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018 Anachis isabellei (d'Orbigny, 1839) Anachis juani Horro & Rolán, 2010 Anachis jungi Faber, 2004 Anachis kathleenae F. Boyer, Pelorce & Gori, 2022 Anachis kraussii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) – Indian Ocean Anachis lamellata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis leauae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis leblondae Pelorce, 2020 Anachis lentiginosa (R. B. Hinds, 1844) Anachis lillianae Whitney, 1978 – West Mexico Anachis limula K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis linelegallae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis lurida (Hedley, 1907) Anachis lyrata Sowerby I, 1832 – West America Anachis madagascarensis Bozzetti, 2019 Anachis maestratii K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis martinicensis Pelorce, 2013 † Anachis masakadoi (Yokoyama, 1922) Anachis menaletta (Duclos, 1846) Anachis milium Dall, 1916 Anachis miser (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844) Anachis moesta (C. B. Adams, 1852) Anachis mogolloni Arias Ávila, 2021 Anachis nigricostata (E. A. Smith, 1879) Anachis nigrofusca P. P. Carpenter, 1857 Anachis nisitella P. L. Duclos, 1840 † Anachis njalindungensis (K. Martin, 1921) Anachis norfolkensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis obeliscus Gori, F. Boyer & Pelorce, 2025 Anachis oxillia (Duclos, 1846) Anachis pardalis R. B. Hinds, 1843 Anachis pellucida Bozzetti, 2019 Anachis phanea W. H. Dall, 1919 Anachis pinguis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis polyaulax K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 † Anachis praecursor (Yokoyama, 1922) Anachis proclivis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016 Anachis profunda Pelorce, 2017 Anachis ragivarui K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2018 Anachis rassierensis Smythe, 1985 Anachis raysutana Smythe, 1985 Anachis rechonchuda Lima & Guimarães, 2015 Anachis reedi P. Bartsch, 1928 Anachis remoensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910) Anachis renatae Rios, 2009 Anachis rhodae Radwin, 1968 – America Anachis richardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906) Anachis ritteri Hertlein & Strong, 1951 Anachis roberti Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006 Anachis rugosa (Sowerby, 1832) Anachis rugulosa (Sowerby, 1844) Anachis ryalli Rolan, 2005 Anachis sanfelipensis Lowe, 1935 Anachis scalarina (Sowerby, 1832) Anachis sinaloa A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1937 Anachis spadicea (R. A. Philippi, 1846) Anachis stricta (Watson, 1882) Anachis strix (Watson, 1882) Anachis strongi P. Bartsch, 1928 Anachis tangkangensis K. Monsecour & Chino, 2025 Anachis teevani J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 Anachis terpsichore (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) – India Anachis treva F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1938 † Anachis turriculata (Yokoyama, 1922) (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym, invalid; based on preoccupied original name) Anachis unidens Pelorce, 2020 Anachis valledori Rolán & Luque, 2002 Anachis varia (Sowerby, 1832) Anachis varicosa (Gaskoin, 1852) Anachis veleda (Duclos, 1846) Anachis vermiculucostata Monsecour & Monsecour, 2009 Anachis vexillum (L. A. Reeve, 1858) Anachis virginiae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis wareni K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024 Anachis xani Rolán & Gori, 2012
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database lists the following species with names in current use:OBIS : Anachis
Anachis dolicha (Verco, 1910) Anachis fulgida (Reeve, 1859) Anachis fuscolineata (Thiele, 1930) Anachis marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852) Anachis smithi (Angas, 1877) Anachis sugillata (Reeve, 1859) Anachis vercoi (Thiele, 1930)
, the following species were mentioned in the database Shell-Bearing Mollusca:
Anachis albomarginata Okamoto & Habe, 1979 – Japan Anachis almiranta Ch. Hedley, 1915 – Australia Anachis alternata A. A. Gould, 1860 – China Anachis amirantium Smith, 1879 – Japan Anachis antillarum L. A. Reeve, 1859 – West Indies Anachis atomella P. L. Duclos, 1840 – Europe Anachis bicanaliferum Sowerby, 1832 West America Anachis brasiliana E. von Martens, 1897 – America Anachis calva Verco, 1910 – Australia Anachis cicinnata Montrouzier, 1860 – Japan Anachis cithara L. A. Reeve, 1859 Anachis columnaria W. L. May, 1915 – Australia Anachis cophinodes H. Suter, 1908 – New Zealand Anachis darwini G. F. Angas, 1877 – Australia Anachis dautzenbergi Hervier, 1899 – Indo-Pacific Anachis descendens E. von Martens – West Africa Anachis diggelsi J. Brazier, 1874 – Australia Anachis divaricata H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Japan Anachis electona P. L. Duclos, 1840 (taxon inquirendum) Anachis emergens Fischer-Piette & Nicklès, 1946 – Senegal Anachis enwrighti A. W. B. Powell, 1940 – New Zealand Anachis gemmulifera Ch. Hedley, 1907 – Australia Anachis gilva C. T. Menke, 1847 Anachis gowllandi J. Brazier, 1874 – Australia Anachis hahajimama H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Japan Anachis harpiformis Sowerby, 1832 – West America Anachis intricata Ch. Hedley, 1912 – Australia Anachis io P. Bartsch, 1915 – South Africa Anachis iodostoma Gaskoin, 1852 – Australia Anachis japonica A. Adams, 1860 – Japan Anachis kirostra P. L. Duclos, 1840 - Anachis legrandi J. E. Tennison-Woods, 1876 – Australia Anachis liocyma H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Indo-Pacific Anachis mariae A. W. B. Powell, 1940 – New Zealand Anachis melvillei H. Strebel, 1905 – Southwest Atlantic Anachis minuscula A. A. Gould, 1862 – Japan Anachis misera nigromaculata J. R. Tomlin 1915 – Japan Anachis misera plicatospira G. B. Sowerby III, 1915 – Japan Anachis mitriformis A. Adams, 1860 – Indo-Pacific Anachis multicostata W. L. May, 1910 – Australia Anachis nanisca Herbier, 1899 – Japan Anachis nodicincta H. Suter, 1899 – New Zealand Anachis oerstedi E. von Martens, 1897 Anachis plexa Ch. Hedley, 1901 – Australia Anachis pumila R. W. Dunker, 1860 – Indo-Pacific Anachis regulus Souverbie, 1864 – Indo-Pacific Anachis savignyi F. P. Jousseaume in Mozzo, 1929 – Europe Anachis sinensis G. B. Sowerby III, 1894 -Indo-Pacific Anachis strenella P. L. Duclos, 1840 Anachis subabnormis H. Suter, 1899 – New Zealand Anachis suffusa Sowerby, 1844 – Galápagos Islands Anachis teophania P. L. Duclos, 1846 Anachis uncinata Sowerby, 1832 Anachis validicosta T. Habe, 1960 – Indo-Pacific Anachis vivens A. W. B. Powell, 1934 – New Zealand Anachis yukitai T. Habe, 1991 – Japan
Synonyms
Anachis acuta Stearns, 1873 : synonym of Suturoglypta iontha (Ravenel, 1861) (junior subjective synonym) Anachis albella C. B. Adams, 1850 – Caribbean: synonym of Suturoglypta albella (C. B. Adams, 1850) (superseded combination) Anachis algoensis Sowerby, 1892: synonym of Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892) Anachis alofa (Hedley, 1899): synonym of Mitrella alofa (Hedley, 1899) Anachis amphissella (Dall, 1881) : synonym of Astyris amphissella (Dall, 1881) (superseded combination) Anachis atrata A. A. Gould, 1860 – South Africa: synonym of Zafra atrata (A. Gould, 1860) (superseded combination) Anachis avara (Say, 1822) : synonym of Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822) (superseded combination) Anachis bartschii Dall, 1918 : synonym of Anachis gaskoini P. P. Carpenter, 1857 : synonym of Anachis menaletta (Duclos, 1846) Anachis bartschii Dall, 1918, sensu Keen, 1958 : synonym of Anachis fayae Keen, 1971 (unaccepted > misapplication) Anachis beckeri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900) : synonym of Costoanachis beckeri (G. B. Sowerby III, 1900) Anachis bifasciata Ardovini, 2005 : synonym of Zafra pumila (Dunker, 1860) (junior subjective synonym) Anachis blignautae Kilburn, 1998 : synonym of Suturoglypta blignautae (Kilburn, 1998) : synonym of Maintenonia blignautae (Kilburn, 1998) (original combination) Anachis burnupi (E. A. Smith, 1901) : synonym of Zafrona trifilosa (E. A. Smith, 1882) : synonym of Smithena trifilosa (E. A. Smith, 1882) Anachis cancellata Castellanos, 1979 : synonym of Amphissa cancellata (Castellanos, 1979) (original combination) Anachis cancellata (Gaskoin, 1852) : synonym of Anachis aurantia (Lamarck, 1822) Anachis carmen Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 : synonym of Anachis pardalis (Hinds, 1843) (junior subjective synonym) Anachis catenata (G.B. Sowerby, 1844): synonym of Costoanachis catenata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1844) (superseded combination) Anachis cingulata Lussi, 2009 : synonym of Decipifus cingulatus (Lussi, 2009) (original combination) Anachis comistea (Melvill, 1906) : synonym of Seminella comistea (Melvill, 1906) Anachis consanguinea (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) : synonym of Decipifus consanguineus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1897) Anachis costulata (Cantraine, 1835) : synonym of Amphissa acutecostata (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Anachis crassilabris (Reeve, 1859) : synonym of Parvanachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845) Anachis dalli Bartsch, 1931 : synonym of Parvanachis pygmaea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) Anachis debilis (Hedley, 1915) : synonym of Zafra debilis Hedley, 1915 Anachis demani De Jong & Coomans, 1988 : synonym of Anachis demanorum De Jong & Coomans, 1988 (original combination) Anachis dibolos (Barnard, 1964) : synonym of Anarithma metula (Hinds, 1843)