Cerithium vulgatum
Appearance
Cerithium vulgatum | |
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Five views of a shell of Cerithium vulgatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Cerithiidae |
Genus: | Cerithium |
Species: | C. vulgatum
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Binomial name | |
Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cerithium rupestre Risso, 1826 |
Cerithium vulgatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.[1]
Description
Distribution
This species occurs in European waters and in the Mediterranean Sea.
References
- ^ a b Cerithium vulgatum Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 February 2011.
- Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Gofas S., Garilli V. & Boisselier-Dubayle M.C. (2004). Nomenclature of the smaller Mediterranean Cerithium species. Bollettino Malacologico 39(5-8): 95–104