Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Columbellidae Scientific name Columbellopsis nycteis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Buccinoidea Genus Columbellopsis Rank Species | |
Similar Columbella mercatoria, Costoanachis, Mitrella, Anachis, Columbella | ||
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.
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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
Columbellopsis nycteis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA