Columbellopsis nycteis

Columbellopsis nycteis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Columbellopsis
Species: C. nycteis
Binomial name
Columbellopsis nycteis
(Duclos, 1846)
Synonyms
  • Columbella belizana Duclos, 1848
  • Columbella fenestrata C.B. Adams, 1850
  • Columbella fusiformis d'Orbigny, 1845
  • Columbella nycteis Duclos, 1846 (basionym)
  • Columbella plutonida Duclos, 1846
  • Columbella sagitta Gaskoin, 1851

Columbellopsis nycteis, common name : the fenestrate dove shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

Description

The shell size is up to 8 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Caribbean Sea, the West Indies and in the Gulf of Mexico.

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