Cosmioconcha nitens

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)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Cosmioconcha
Species:	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

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

Distribution

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