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]
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| Shell of Cosmioconcha nitens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Cosmioconcha |
| Species: | C. nitens
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| Cosmioconcha nitens (C. B. Adams, 1850)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.
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Distribution
editThis 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.
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