Cerithium punctatum

Cerithium punctatum
Cerithium punctatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species: C. punctatum
Binomial name
Cerithium punctatum
Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium (Liocerithium) piperitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium (Semivertagus) alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium (Semivertagus) piperitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium (Thericium) alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium alveolus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852
Cerithium piperitum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Lampania piperita (G.B. Sowerby II, 1855)

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

The distribution of Cerithium punctatum includes the Western Central Pacific.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Cerithium punctatum Bruguière, 1792.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216677 on 17 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b Cerithium punctatum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.

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