Cosmioconcha nitens

Cosmioconcha nitens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Cosmioconcha
Species: C. nitens
Binomial name
Cosmioconcha nitens
(C. B. Adams, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anachis (Costoanachis) plicatula Dunker, R.W., 1853
  • Buccinum plicatulum Dunker, 1853
  • Columbella perpicta Dall, 1901

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

The size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.

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