Cyclostrema tortuganum

Cyclostrema tortuganum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
Family:	Liotiidae
Genus:	Cyclostrema
Species:	C. tortuganum
Binomial name
Cyclostrema tortuganum (Dall, 1927)
Synonyms
Liotia (Lippistes) tortuganaDall, 1927

Cyclostrema tortuganum, common name the Tortugas cyclostreme, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Liotiidae. ^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs off in the Gulf of Mexico (East Florida, Cuba), the West Indies (the Dry Tortugas, Virgin Islands: St. Croix), the Caribbean Sea (Colombia, Venezuela) and the Atlantic Ocean (Bahamas, Brazil).

References

1. Cyclostrema tortuganum (Dall, 1927) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 22 April 2010.

• Dall, W. H. 1927. Diagnoses of undescribed new species of mollusks in the collection of the United States National Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 70 (2668): 1–11
• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.