Cerithium eburneum

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Cerithium eburneum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species:
C. eburneum
Binomial name
Cerithium eburneum
Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms [1]

Cerithium algicolaC.B. Adams, 1845
Cerithium eburneum aliceaePetuch, 1987
Cerithium eburneum f. minorMörch, 1876
Cerithium fenestratumG.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium novaehiberniaeA. Adams, 1855
Cerithium planispiratumG.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium pulicariumPhilippi, 1848
Thericium lymaniPilsbry, 1949

Contents

Cerithium eburneum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae. [1]

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium eburneum includes the Western Central Atlantic. [2]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 43 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 18 m. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Cerithium eburneum Bruguière, 1792 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Cerithium eburneum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLOS One 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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