| Cerithidium cerithinum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Cerithiidae |
| Genus: | Cerithidium |
| Species: | C. cerithinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cerithidium cerithinum (Philippi, 1849) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cerithidium cerithinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae. [1]
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This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.
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