Cosmioconcha nitens
Appearance
Cosmioconcha nitens | |
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Shell of Cosmioconcha nitens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Cosmioconcha |
Species: | C. nitens
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Binomial name | |
Cosmioconcha nitens (C. B. Adams, 1850)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cosmioconcha nitens, common name: the shiny dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cosmioconcha nitens (C. B. Adams, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 May 2011.
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
- Pelorce J. (2017). Les Columbellidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) de la Guyane française. Xenophora Taxonomy. 14: 4–21
External links
[edit]- "Cosmioconcha nitens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 May 2011.