North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822)

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 16887)

AphiaID

160222 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160222)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Costoanachis Sacco, 1890

Original name

Columbella avara Say, 1822

Synonymised names

Anachis avara (Say, 1822) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine

Original description

(of ) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 230 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160222 on 2026-02-17

Regional species database citation

NARMS (2026). Costoanachis avara (Say, 1822). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160222 on 2026-02-17

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-31 07:34:34Z

created

Claus, Simon

2010-03-31 06:40:42Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

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original description (of ) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 230 [details]

basis of record 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., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA., available online at http://www.malacolog.org [details]

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (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. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors

additional source Lee, H. G. (1993). Our dove shells. Shell-O-Gram, Jacksonville Shell Club. 34(2): 4-5., available online at https://jaxshells.org/pdfs/marapr93.pdf [details]