| Cotonopsis phuketensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Cotonopsis |
| Species: | C. phuketensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cotonopsis phuketensis (Kosuge, Roussy & Muangman, 1998) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cotonopsis phuketensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
The shell size varies between 30 and 50 mm (1.2 and 2.0 in). [2]
This species is distributed in the Andaman Sea along Thailand. [2]
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