Cerithium tenellum

Cerithium tenellum
Cerithium tenellum
Cerithium tenellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Cerithiidae
Genus: Cerithium
Species: C. tenellum
Binomial name
Cerithium tenellum
G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Synonyms[1]

Cerithium (Clypeomorus) tenellum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium (Thericium) mysterium Hedley, 1917
Cerithium filosum G.B. Sowerby II, 1865
Cerithium mysterium Hedley, 1917
Cerithium novaehiberniae A. Adams in G.B. Sowerby II, 1855
Cerithium tenuifilosum G.B. Sowerby II, 1866
Cerithium tomlini Hedley, 1914

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

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

Cerithium tenellum, abapertural view

References

  1. ^ a b Cerithium tenellum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=473116 on 17 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Cerithium tenellum. sealifebase.org, accessed 9 January 2011.

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