Clypeomorus pellucida

Clypeomorus pellucida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Cerithiidae
Genus:	Clypeomorus
Species:	C. pellucida
Binomial name
	Clypeomorus pellucida; (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)
Synonyms
	Cerithium echinatiformis K. Martin, 1884; Cerithium gibberosum Frauenfeld, 1867; Cerithium patulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1855; Cerithium patulum var. depauperata Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1905; Cerithium pellucidum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852;

Clypeomorus pellucida, common name the pellucid cerith, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cerithiidae.^[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 30 mm.

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific from the Nicobar Islands to New Caledonia: off Australia (Queensland).

Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. 1848. Atlas d’Histoire Naturelle Zoologie, Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l’Oceanie ... Mollusques et Zoophytes. Paris plates 9, 11–25.
Sowerby II, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847–899, pls 176–186.
Frauenfeld, G.R. von 1867. Mollusken. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 2(3): 1–16
Martin, K. 1884. Mollusca, Glossophora, Gasteropoda. pp. 43–184 in . Palaeontologische Ergebnisse von Tiefbohrungen auf Java, nebst allgemeineren Studien über das Tertiär von Java, Timor and einiger anderer Inseln. Sammlung des Geologischen Reichs-Museums in Leiden, First Series 3(2–3): 43–184, pls1-9
Dautzenberg, P. & Fischer, H. 1905. Liste des mollusques récoltés par M. le Capitaine de Frégate Blaise au Tonkin et description d'espèces nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 53: 85–234

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