Fat Dovesnail

Parvanachis obesa, common name the fat dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.^[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs from 37°N to 35°S; 97.5°W to 36°W. Distribution: USA: Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida; Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; off French Guiana.; Surinam, Brazil; Brazil: Alagoas, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina; Uruguay

References

• Altena, C.O. van Regteren. (1975). The marine Mollusca of Suriname (Dutch Guiana) Holocene and Recent Part III. Gastropoda and Cephalopoda. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 139: 1-104.
• Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp
• Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4-21