Biology:Columbellopsis nycteis

Short description: Species of gastropod

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.

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.

References

• 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

External links

• "Columbellopsis nycteis" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_24636.shtml. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3170979 entry