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]

Cosmioconcha nitens
Shell of Cosmioconcha nitens (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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

Description edit

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

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References edit

  • 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.