Anachis Adams and Adams 1853 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Alternative spelling: Columbella (Anachis)

Parent taxon: Pyreninae according to K. Monsecour and D. Monsecour 2005

See also Addicott 1970, Gardner 1948, Harzhauser 2002, Ladd 1977, Ladd 1982, MacNeil 1960, Marks 1951, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Ward and Blackwelder 1987, Wienrich 2001, Wilson 1994 and Woodring 1964

Sister taxa: Cotonopsis, Exomilopsis, Gatliffena, Parviterebra, Pseudamycla, Pseudanachis, Zella

Subtaxa: Anachis (Alia) Anachis (Costoanachis) Anachis (Suturoglypta) Anachis (Zafra) Anachis guaica Anachis haueri Anachis minuta Anachis miser Anachis watsonae

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Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Brazil (12), Cayman Islands (3), China (3), Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (2), Fiji (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (2), the Marshall Islands (1), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (2), Portugal (11), the United Kingdom (1), United States (47: California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina), Uruguay (1), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (5), Fiji (2), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (5), Japan (4), Mexico (1), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (10), United States (12: Florida, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (3)

• Miocene of Austria (5), Colombia (2), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), France (1), Germany (24), Greece (2), Indonesia (1), Italy (2), the Marshall Islands (1), the Netherlands (2), Palau (1), Panama (42), Poland (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (1: California)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Haiti (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Eocene of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 248 collections including 310 occurrences

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