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Cotonopsis lafresnayi

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Cotonopsis lafresnayi
Apertural view of a shell of Cotonopsis lafresnayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Cotonopsis
Species:
C. lafresnayi
Binomial name
Cotonopsis lafresnayi
(P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anachis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
  • Columbella lafresnayi Fischer & Bernardi, 1857 (basionym)
  • Columbella saint-pairiana Caillet, 1864
  • Costoanachis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)

Cotonopsis lafresnayi, common name the well-ribbed dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

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The size of the adult shell varies between 10 mm and 19 mm.

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the North West Atlantic, the Gulf of Maine, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References

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  • Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
  • Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo
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  • "Anachis (Costoanachis) lafresnayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.