Costoanachis avara, the greedy dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Costoanachis avara | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Costoanachis |
| Species: | C. avara
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| Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 19 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean from Massachusetts to Florida; in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea.
References
edit- ^ a b Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 22 November 2012.
- Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
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- Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp
- "Anachis (Costoanachis) avara". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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