''Anachis valledori'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
in the
family Columbellidae
The Columbellidae, the dove snails or dove shells, are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the order Neogastropoda.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Columbellidae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) Wo ...
, the dove snails.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 8.3 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the
Cape Verdes
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, official_languages = Portuguese
, national_languages = Cape Verdean Creole
, capital = Praia
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.
References
* Rolán E., 2005. ''Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda''.
External links
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valledori
Gastropods described in 2002
Gastropods of Cape Verde
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