Cotonopsis Explained

Cotonopsis is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Species

Species within the genus Cotonopsis include:

• Cotonopsis argentea (Houbrick, 1983)
• Cotonopsis crassiparva Jung, 1989
• Cotonopsis deroyae (Emerson & d'Attilio, 1969)
• Cotonopsis filbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• Cotonopsis hirundo (Gaskoin, 1851)
• Cotonopsis jaliscana Jung, 1989
• Cotonopsis lafresnayi (P. Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)
• Cotonopsis lindae (Petuch, 1989)
• Cotonopsis mendozana (Shasky, 1970)
• Cotonopsis monfilsi (Emerson, 1993)
• Cotonopsis panacostaricensis (Olsson, 1942)
• Cotonopsis phuketensis (Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998)
• Cotonopsis pointieri Pelorce, 2020
• Cotonopsis radwini Jung, 1989
• Cotonopsis saintpairiana (Caillet, 1864)
• Cotonopsis semistriata Pelorce, 2020
• Cotonopsis serratisutura Pelorce, 2020
• Cotonopsis skoglundae Jung, 1989
• Cotonopsis suteri Jung, 1989
• Cotonopsis turrita (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Cotonopsis allaryi Bozzetti, 2010: synonym of Cotonopsis saintpairiana (Caillet, 1864)
• Cotonopsis edentula (Dall, 1908): synonym of Cotonopsis filbyi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• Cotonopsis vanwalleghemi Kronenberg & Dekker, 1998: synonym of Cotonopsis phuketensis (Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998)

References

• Jung P. (1989) Revision of the Strombina-Group (Gastropoda: Columbellidae), fossil and living. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 111: 1-298