Cotonopsis phuketensis

Cotonopsis phuketensis
Cotonopsis phuketensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Cotonopsis
Species: C. phuketensis
Binomial name
Cotonopsis phuketensis
(Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cotonopsis vanwalleghemi Kronenberg & Dekker, 1998
  • Strombina phuketensis Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998 (basionym)

Cotonopsis phuketensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 50 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Andaman Sea along Thailand.

References

  1. ^ a b Cotonopsis phuketensis (Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998) .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=511735  on 11 February 2011.

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