| Cerithidea balteata | |
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| Two shells of Cerithidea balteata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
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| Species: | C. balteata |
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| Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855 | |
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Cerithidea balteata is a species of snail, a brackish-water gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae. [1]
The length of the shell attains 28 mm.
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This species occurs in brackish waters in the Philippines.
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