# Anachis

Anachis is a large genus of sea snails in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

## Species

As of November 2010, the World Register of Marine Species listed the following species in genus Anachis
* Anachis adelinae G. W. Tryon, 1883 – West America
* Anachis albonodosa P. P. Carpenter, 1857 – West America
* Anachis aliceae (Pallary, 1900)
* Anachis alliouagana Faber, 2004
* Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
* Anachis atramentaria Sowerby, 1844 – West America
* 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 – West America
* Anachis boivini (Kiener, 1841)
* Anachis carloslirae Costa, 1996
* Anachis catenata (G.B. Sowerby, 1844)
* Anachis chuni (Thiele, 1925)
* Anachis cominellaeformis (Tate, 1892)
* Anachis constrictocanalis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* Anachis corbariae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
* Anachis coronata (G.B. Sowerby, 1832) – West America
* Anachis coseli Diaz & Mittnacht, 1991
* Anachis costellata (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829) – West America
* Anachis cuspidata (Marrat, 1877)
* Anachis decimdentata Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
* Anachis delamarrei Rolan & Boyer, 2006
* 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 – West America
* Anachis fenestrata (Verco, 1910)
* Anachis fenneli Radwin, 1968 – America
* Anachis fluctuata (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
* Anachis freytagi (Maltzan, 1884) – West Africa
* Anachis fulva Sowerby, 1832 – West America
* Anachis fusidens (W. H. Dall, 1908) – West America
* Anachis gaskoini P. P. Carpenter, 1857 – West America: synonym of Anachis menaletta (Duclos, 1846) (junior subjective synonym)
* † Anachis gembacana (K. Martin, 1884)
* Anachis globosa K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
* Anachis gracilis (C. B. Adams, 1852) – West America
* Anachis guerreroensis A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1937 – West America
* 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 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) – West America
* Anachis lillianae Whitney, 1978 – West Mexico
* Anachis limula K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* Anachis linelegallae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
* Anachis lyrata Sowerby I, 1832 – West America
* Anachis madagascarensis Bozzetti, 2019
* Anachis maestratii K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
* Anachis martinicensis Pelorce, 2013
* Anachis milium Dall, 1916
* Anachis miser (G.B. Sowerby I, 1844)
* Anachis moesta (C. B. Adams, 1852) – West America
* Anachis nigricans (Sowerby, 1844) – West America
* Anachis nigrofusca P. P. Carpenter, 1857 – West America
* Anachis nisitella P. L. Duclos, 1840
* Anachis norfolkensis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* Anachis oxillia (Duclos, 1846)
* Anachis pardalis R. B. Hinds, 1843 – West America
* Anachis pellucida Bozzetti, 2019
* Anachis phanea W. H. Dall, 1919 – West America
* Anachis pinguis K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* Anachis polyaulax K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2016
* † Anachis problematica Laws, 1944
* 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 – West America
* Anachis remoensis (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910)
* Anachis renatae Rios, 2009
* Anachis rhodae Radwin, 1968 – America
* Anachis richardi (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1906)
* Anachis ritteri Hertlein & Strong, 1951 – West America
* Anachis roberti Monsecour & Monsecour, 2006
* Anachis rugosa (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
* Anachis rugulosa (Sowerby, 1844) – West America
* Anachis ryalli Rolan, 2005
* Anachis sanfelipensis Lowe, 1935 – West America
* Anachis scalarina (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
* Anachis sinaloa A. M. Strong & J. G. Hertlein, 1937 – West America
* Anachis spadicea (R. A. Philippi, 1846) – West America
* Anachis stricta (Watson, 1882)
* Anachis strix (Watson, 1882)
* Anachis strongi P. Bartsch, 1928 – West America
* Anachis teevani J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 – West America
* Anachis terpsichore (G. B. Sowerby I, 1822) – India
* Anachis treva F. Baker, G. D. Hanna & A. M. Strong, 1938 – West America
* Anachis unidens Pelorce, 2020
* Anachis valledori Rolán & Luque, 2002
* Anachis varia (Sowerby, 1832) – West America
* Anachis varicosa (Gaskoin, 1852) – West America
* Anachis vermiculucostata Monsecour & Monsecour, 2009
* Anachis vexillum (L. A. Reeve, 1858) – West America
* Anachis xani Rolán & Gori, 2012
The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database lists the following species with names in current use:
* Anachis algoensis Sowerby, 1892: synonym of Aesopus algoensis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* Anachis alofa (Hedley, 1899)
* Anachis atkinsoni (Tenison Woods, 1876)
* Anachis dolicha (Verco, 1910)
* Anachis fulgida (Reeve, 1859)
* Anachis fuscolineata (Thiele, 1930)
* Anachis lightfooti Smith, 1901
* Anachis lurida Hedley, 1907
* Anachis marquesa (Gaskoin, 1852)
* Anachis milium Dall, 1916
* Anachis miser (Sowerby, 1844)
* Anachis smithi (Angas, 1877)
* Anachis sugillata (Reeve, 1859)
* Anachis vercoi (Thiele, 1930)
* Anachis vermiculucostata K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2009
* Anachis vexillum (Reeve, 1858)
* Anachis virginiae K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
* Anachis wareni K. Monsecour & D. Monsecour, 2024
As of July 2010, the following species were mentioned in the database Shell-Bearing Mollusca:
* Anachis albella C. B. Adams, 1850 – Caribbean
* 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 atkinsoni J. E. Tennison-Woods, 1876 – Australia
* Anachis atomella P. L. Duclos, 1840 – Europe
* Anachis atrata A. A. Gould, 1860 – South Africa
* 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 – West America
* 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
* 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 – West America
* Anachis gowllandi J. Brazier, 1874 – Australia
* Anachis hahajimama H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 – Japan
* Anachis hannana J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1951 – West America
* 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 isabellei d'Orbigny, 1841 – East America
* 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 lyrata veleda P. L. Duclos, 1846 – Caribbean
* 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 californica L. A. Reeve, 1843 – Japan
** Anachis misera nigromaculata J. R. Tomlin 1915 – Japan
** Anachis misera plicatospira G. B. Sowerby III, 1915 – Japan
** Anachis misera polynyma H. A. Pilsbry, 1901 – 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 – West America
* Anachis plexa Ch. Hedley, 1901 – Australia
* Anachis pulchella H. de Blainville, 1829 – America
* Anachis pumila R. W. Dunker, 1860 – Indo-Pacific
* Anachis pygmaea Sowerby, 1832 – West America: synonym of Parvanachis pygmaea (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
* Anachis radwini Altena, 1975: synonym of Parvanachis obesa (C. B. Adams, 1845)
* 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 – West America
* Anachis validicosta T. Habe, 1960 – Indo-Pacific
* Anachis vivens A. W. B. Powell, 1934 – New Zealand
* Anachis yukitai T. Habe, 1991 – Japan