Cerithidea balteata

Cerithidea balteata
	Two shells of Cerithidea balteata (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Cerithidea
Species:	C. balteata
Binomial name
	Cerithidea balteata; A. Adams, 1855
Synonyms
	Cerithidea cornea A. Adams, 1855; Cerithidea ornata A. Adams, 1863; Cerithidea raricostata A. Adams, 1855; Cerithium (Cerithidea) balteatum (A. Adams, 1855); Cerithium (Cerithidea) balteatum var. mindorensis Kobelt, 1895; Cerithium (Cerithidea) quadrasi Kobelt, 1895; Cerithium ornatum G. B. Sowerby II, 1855;

Cerithidea balteata is a species of snail, a brackish-water gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

This species occurs occurs in brackish waters in the Philippines.

^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Cerithidea balteata A. Adams, 1855. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758720 on 2016-03-29

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