Cotonopsis lafresnayi, common name the well-ribbed dovesnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Cotonopsis lafresnayi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Cotonopsis |
| Species: | C. lafresnayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cotonopsis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
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Description
editThe size of the adult shell varies between 10 mm and 19 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is distributed in the North West Atlantic, the Gulf of Maine, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
References
edit- ^ a b Cotonopsis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 April 2011.
- Abbott, R.T. (1974). American Seashells. 2nd ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold: New York, NY (USA). 663 pp.
- Mayhew, R. and F. Cole. 1994 MS. A taxonomic discussion and update of shell-bearing marine molluscs recorded from NW Atlantic North of Cape Cod (excluding Greenland), and Canadian Arctic Archipeligo
External links
edit- "Anachis (Costoanachis) lafresnayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
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