Cosmioconcha nitens
Species of gastropod
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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]
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| Cosmioconcha nitens | |
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| Shell of Cosmioconcha nitens (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Cosmioconcha |
| Species: | C. nitens |
| Binomial name | |
| Cosmioconcha nitens (C. B. Adams, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
