Cerithidea rhizophorarum

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Cerithidea rhizophorarum
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Cerithidea rhizophorarum attached to Kandelia obovata
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C. rhizophorarum
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Cerithidea rhizophorarum
A. Adams, 1855

Cerithidea rhizophorarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae. [1]

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