Cosmioconcha nitens
Shell of Cosmioconcha nitens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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 occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

  • 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
  • "Cosmioconcha nitens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 May 2011.


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