Columbellopsis nycteis

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Columbellopsis nycteis
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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

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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

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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.

References

  1. Columbellopsis nycteis (Duclos, 1846).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2010.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • 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

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