Bacteridium carinatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | Bacteridium |
| Species: | B. carinatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Bacteridium carinatum (de Folin, 1870)
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Bacteridium carinatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. The species remains within the Bacteridium genus of gastropods, with the exception of the other three related species being Bacteridium bermudense, Bacteridium resticulum and Bacteridium vittatum.[1]
Distribution
The vast majority of this species is distributed within marine terrain off the west coast of Africa (Cape Verdes) and its countries on the west coast, Angola, Namibia, Gabon, and in the demersal zone of the Mediterranean Sea
References
- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2011). Bacteridium carinatum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588447 on 2011-11-29
Sources
- Sealifebase.org: Bacteridium carinatum
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
- Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
- Templado, J. and R. Villanueva, 2010 Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148–198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.